AB150,1153,108 51.437 (4rm) (a) A county department of developmental disabilities services
9shall authorize all care of any patient in a state, local or private facility under a
10contractual agreement between the county department of developmental disabilities
11services and the facility, unless the county department of developmental disabilities
12services governs the facility. The need for inpatient care shall be determined by the
13program director or designee in consultation with and upon the recommendation of
14a licensed physician trained in psychiatry and employed by the county department
15of developmental disabilities services or its contract agency prior to the admission
16of a patient to the facility except in the case of emergency services. In cases of
17emergency, a facility under contract with any county department of developmental
18disabilities services shall charge the county department of developmental
19disabilities services having jurisdiction in the county where the individual receiving
20care is found. The county department of developmental disabilities services shall
21reimburse the facility for the actual cost of all authorized care and services less
22applicable collections under s. 46.036, unless the department of health and social
23services determines that a charge is administratively infeasible, or unless the
24department of health and social services, after individual review, determines that
25the charge is not attributable to the cost of basic care and services. The exclusionary

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1provisions of s. 46.03 (18) do not apply to direct and indirect costs which are
2attributable to care and treatment of the client. County departments of
3developmental disabilities services may not reimburse any state institution or
4receive credit for collections for care received therein by nonresidents of this state,
5interstate compact clients, transfers under s. 51.35 (3) (a), commitments under s.
6975.01, 1977 stats., or s. 975.02, 1977 stats. or s. 971.14, 971.17 or 975.06, admissions
7under s. 975.17, 1977 stats., or children placed in the guardianship or legal custody
8under the supervision of the department of health and social services under s. 48.355,
948.427 or 48.43 or in the legal custody of the department of corrections under s. 48.34
10(4g).

AB150,1153,1512 51.44 (3) (a) From the appropriations under s. 20.435 (7) (3) (bt) and (nL) the
13department shall allocate and distribute funds to counties to provide or contract for
14the provision of early intervention services to individuals eligible to receive the early
15intervention services.

AB150,1153,1817 51.45 (5) (title) Community alcohol and other drug abuse prevention pilot
18program.

AB150,1154,420 51.45 (5) (b) (intro.) The department shall select, upon application by counties,
21county departments under s. 46.215, 46.22, 46.23, 51.42 or 51.437 in up to 8 counties
22representing various geographical regions and populations and shall, from the
23appropriation under s. 20.435 (7) (f), award a total of not more than $500,000
24$250,000 in grants in each fiscal year to the selected county departments to
25participate in a pilot program to implement and coordinate alcohol and other drug

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1abuse programs and services relating to primary prevention. The county
2department in each county receiving funding under this paragraph shall appoint or
3contract with an alcohol and other drug abuse prevention specialist whose duties
4shall include all of the following:

AB150,1154,86 51.45 (5) (c) County matching funds equal to 9.89% of the total amount received
7by a county department under par. (b) are required for receipt of the allocation under
8par. (b).

AB150,1155,210 55.06 (8) (intro.)  Before ordering the protective placement of any individual,
11the court shall direct a comprehensive evaluation of the person in need of placement,
12if such an evaluation has not already been made. The court may utilize available
13multidisciplinary resources in the community in determining the need for
14placement. The board designated under s. 55.02 or an agency designated by it shall
15cooperate with the court in securing available resources. Where applicable by reason
16of the particular disability, the appropriate board designated under s. 55.02 or an
17agency designated by it having responsibility for the place of legal residence of the
18individual as provided in s. 49.01 (8g) 49.001 (6) shall make a recommendation for
19placement. If the court is considering placement of the individual in a center for the
20developmentally disabled, the court shall request a statement from the department
21regarding whether the placement is appropriate for the person's needs and whether
22it is consistent with the purpose of the center under s. 51.06 (1) unless testimony was
23provided by the department under sub. (5). A copy of the comprehensive evaluation
24shall be provided to the guardian, the guardian ad litem, and to the individual or
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1court or the cooperating agency obtaining the evaluation shall request appropriate
2information which shall include at least the following:

AB150,1155,114 59.01 (1) Status. Each county in this state is a body corporate, empowered to
5sue and be sued, to acquire and hold, lease or rent real and personal estate for public
6uses or purposes, including lands acquired under ch. 75, to sell, lease and convey the
7same, including the authority to enter into leases or contracts with the state for a
8period of years for the uses and purposes specified in s. ss. 23.09 (2) (d) and 27.01 (2)
9(a), to make such contracts and to do such other acts as are necessary and proper to
10the exercise of the powers and privileges granted and the performance of the legal
11duties charged upon it.

AB150,1155,2213 59.07 (1) (a) How acquired; purposes. Take and hold land acquired under ch.
1475 and acquire, lease or rent property, real and personal, for public uses or purposes
15of any nature, including without limitation acquisitions for county buildings,
16airports, parks, recreation, highways, dam sites in parks, parkways and
17playgrounds, flowages, sewage and waste disposal for county institutions, lime pits
18for operation under s. 59.873, equipment for clearing and draining land and
19controlling weeds for operation under s. 59.874, ambulances, acquisition and
20transfer of real property to the state for new collegiate institutions or research
21facilities, and for transfer to the state for state parks and for the uses and purposes
22specified in s. ss. 23.09 (2) (d) and 27.01 (2) (a).

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159.07 (27) County boards' association. By a two-thirds majority vote of the
2members-elect, purchase membership in an association of county boards for the
3protection of county interests and the furtherance of better county government.

AB150,1156,95 59.07 (98) Emergency energy relief. Regardless of the type of general relief
6system used within whether a county operates a relief program under sub. (154),
7appropriate money for making payments to individuals or providing grants to
8community action agencies, cities, villages and towns to assist persons and families
9in the purchase of emergency energy supplies.

AB150,1156,1411 59.07 (109) Public assistance; false representation. Enact and enforce an
12ordinance to prohibit conduct that is the same as or similar to conduct that is
13prohibited by s. 49.12 49.95 (1) and provide a forfeiture for a violation of the
14ordinance.

AB150,1157,216 59.07 (153) (a) In counties having a population of 500,000 or more, determine
17policy for the operation, maintenance and improvement of the county hospital under
18s. 49.16 (2) 49.71 (2) and, notwithstanding the powers and duties specified under s.
1946.21 (2) (k), (3r) and (6) with respect to the county hospital and the administrator
20and specified under s. 46.21 (2) (b), (L), (m), (n), (nm), (o), (p) and (q) and (3g), provide
21for the management of the county hospital as the board considers appropriate, except
22that the employe positions at the hospital will be county employe positions. If the
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1maintenance and improvement of the county hospital under s. 49.16 49.71 (2) and
2shall exercise the duties under s. 46.21 (4m).

AB150,1157,54 59.07 (153) (b) This subsection does not apply if the board acts under s. 46.21
5with respect to the county hospital under s. 49.16 (2) 49.71 (2).

AB150,1157,147 59.07 (154) Operation of relief programs. Operate a program of relief to
8dependent persons residing in a county. The program may provide dependent
9persons with such services, commodities or money as the county determines to be
10reasonable and necessary under the circumstances. The program may include work
11components. The county may enact any ordinances necessary or useful to the
12operation of a relief program under this subsection. Counties may use vehicle
13registration information from the department of transportation in determining
14eligibility for relief programs under this subsection.

AB150,1157,16 1659.145 (title) Optical disk and electronic storage.

AB150,1157,2418 59.145 (1) Upon request of any office, department, commission, board or agency
19of the county, the board may authorize any county record that is in the custody of the
20office, department, commission, board or agency to be transferred to, or maintained
21in, optical disk or electronic storage in accordance with rules of the department of
22administration under s. 16.612. The board may thereafter authorize destruction of
23the original record, if appropriate, in accordance with ss. 16.61 (3) (e), 19.21 (5) and
2459.715 to 59.717 unless preservation is required by law.

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159.145 (2) (intro.)  Any copy of a county record generated from optical imaging
2or electronic formatting of an original record is deemed an original record if all of the
3following conditions are met:

AB150,1158,75 59.145 (2) (a) The devices used to transform the record to optical disk or
6electronic format and to generate a copy of the record from optical disk or electronic
7format are ones which accurately reproduce the content of the original.

AB150,1158,129 59.145 (2) (b) The optical disk or electronic copy and the copy generated from
10optical disk or electronic format comply with the minimum standards of quality for
11such copies, as established by the rule of the department of administration under s.
1216.612.

AB150,1158,1914 59.145 (2) (d) The legal custodian of the record executes a statement of intent
15and purpose describing the record to be transferred to optical disk or electronic
16format and the disposition of the original record, and executes a certificate verifying
17that the record was received or created and transferred to optical disk or electronic
18format in the normal course of business and that the statement of intent and purpose
19is properly recorded in his or her office.

AB150,1159,621 59.145 (4) A copy of a record generated from an original record stored on an
22optical disk or in electronic format which conforms with the standards prescribed
23under sub. (2) shall be taken as and stand in lieu of and have all of the effect of the
24original record and shall be admissible in evidence in all courts and all other
25tribunals or agencies, administrative or otherwise, in all cases where the original

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1document is admissible. A transcript, exemplification or certified copy of such a
2record so generated, for the purposes specified in this subsection, is deemed to be a
3transcript, exemplification or certified copy of the original. An enlarged copy of any
4record so generated, made in accordance with the standards prescribed under sub.
5(2) and certified by the custodian as provided in s. 889.18 (2), has the same effect as
6an actual-size copy.

AB150,1159,178 59.15 (2) (c) The board may provide, fix or change the salary or compensation
9of any such office, board, commission, committee, position, employe or deputies to
10elective officers without regard to the tenure of the incumbent (except as provided
11in par. (d)) and also establish the number of employes in any department or office
12including deputies to elective officers, and may establish regulations of employment
13for any person paid from the county treasury, but no action of the board shall be
14contrary to or in derogation of the rules and regulations of the department of health
15and social services pursuant to s. 49.50 (2) to (5) 49.33 (4) to (7) relating to employes
16administering old-age assistance, aid to dependent children, aid to the blind and aid
17to totally and permanently disabled persons or ss. 63.01 to 63.17.

AB150,1159,2319 59.23 (8) The sheriff is authorized to destroy all sheriff's dockets, daily jail
20records and cash books dated prior to 1901. It shall be the duty of the sheriff to
21hereafter retain and safely keep all such records for a period of 8 years, or a shorter
22period authorized by the public records and forms board under s. 16.61 (3) (b), after
23which the records may be destroyed.

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159.23 (10) To enforce in the county all general orders of the department of
2industry, labor and human relations development relating to the sale, transportation
3and storage of explosives.

AB150,1160,95 59.39 (1) File and keep all papers properly deposited with him or her in every
6action or proceeding unless required to transmit such papers. Such papers may be
7microfilmed or microphotographed, or transferred to optical disks or electronic
8format if authorized under s. 59.145, and the originals may thereafter be destroyed
9upon compliance with SCR chapter 72.

AB150,1160,2011 59.39 (2) Keep a court record and write therein names of parties in every civil
12action or proceeding in the court, the names of attorneys representing the parties,
13a brief statement of the nature of the action or proceeding, the date of filing every
14paper therein and of each proceeding taken, the file wherein the papers can be found,
15the time when put on the calendar for trial, and when and how disposed of; the
16location where minutes in every case can be found and the place in the judgment
17record or microfilm or optical disk or electronic file where any judgment, order or
18report has been recorded, so as to make the court record a history in brief of each
19action or proceeding from beginning to final disposition; and a complete index of all
20proceedings therein.

AB150,1161,1322 59.51 (1) Record or cause to be recorded in suitable books to be kept in his or
23her office, correctly and legibly all deeds, mortgages, maps, instruments and writings
24authorized by law to be recorded in his or her office and left with him or her for that
25purpose, provided such documents have plainly printed or typewritten thereon the

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1names of the grantors, grantees, witnesses and notary. Any county, by board
2resolution duly adopted, may combine the separate books or volumes for deeds,
3mortgages, miscellaneous instruments, attachments, lis pendens, sales and notices,
4certificates of organization of corporations, plats or other recorded or filed
5instruments or classes of documents as long as separate indexes are maintained.
6Notwithstanding any other provisions of the statutes, any county adopting a system
7of microfilming or like process or a system of recording documents by optical imaging
8or electronic formatting pursuant to ch. 228 may substitute the headings, reel, or
9disk or electronic file name and microfilm image (frame) for volume and page where
10recorded and different classes of instruments may be recorded, reproduced or copied
11on or transferred to the same reel, or disk or electronic file or part of a reel or disk.
12All recordings made prior to June 28, 1961, which would have been valid under this
13paragraph, had this paragraph then been in effect, are hereby validated.

AB150,1162,715 59.51 (11) File all documents pertaining to security interests in personal
16property, crops or fixtures that are required or authorized by law to be filed with the
17register. Except as otherwise prescribed by the secretary of state department of
18financial institutions pursuant to ss. 409.403 to 409.406, these documents shall be
19executed on white or light colored sheets of paper, 8 or 8-1/2 inches wide and 5, 7,
2010-1/2 or 14 inches long. Whenever there is offered for filing any document that
21varies more than one-eighth of an inch from the approved size, or that is not on a
22standard form prescribed by the secretary of state department of financial
23institutions, then in addition to the regular filing fee an additional filing fee shall be
24charged by the register of deeds, as prescribed by s. 59.57. No assignment, release
25or other instrument shall be offered for filing that is executed or endorsed on any

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1other document, but each shall be a separate and distinct document, except those
2assignments or notices that are printed or written on and immediately following the
3original agreement or financing statement, offered for filing at the same time, shall
4be considered as one document. All these documents shall be legibly written, and
5shall have the names of the debtor and secured party plainly printed or typed on the
6document and shall provide a space for filing data of the register of deeds on the
7outside of the document.

AB150,1162,10 959.512 (title) Register of deeds; microfilming and optical imaging disk
10and electronic storage.

AB150,1163,412 59.512 (1) Except as provided in sub. (2), upon the request of the register of
13deeds, any county, by board resolution, may authorize the register of deeds to
14photograph, microfilm or record on optical disks or in electronic format records of
15deeds, mortgages or other instruments relating to real property or may authorize the
16register of deeds to record on optical disks or in electronic format instruments
17relating to security interests in accordance with the requirements of s. 16.61 (7) or
1859.145 and to store the original records within the county at a place designated by
19the board. The storage place for the original records shall be reasonably safe and
20shall provide for the preservation of the records authorized to be stored under this
21subsection. The register of deeds shall keep a photograph, microfilm or optical disk
22or electronic copy of such records in conveniently accessible files in his or her office
23and shall provide for examination of such reproduction or examination of a copy
24generated from an optical disk or electronic file in enlarged, easily readable form
25upon request. Compliance with this subsection satisfies the requirement of s. 59.51

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1(1) that the register of deeds shall keep such records in his or her office. The register
2of deeds may make certified copies reproduced from an authorized photograph, from
3a copy generated from an optical disk or electronic storage or from the original
4records.

AB150,1163,186 59.512 (2) The register of deeds may microfilm or record on optical disks or in
7electronic format notices of lis pendens that are at least one year old, in accordance
8with the requirements of s. 16.61 (7) or 59.145 (2) to (4). The register of deeds shall
9keep a microfilm or optical disk or electronic copy of notices of lis pendens in
10conveniently accessible files in his or her office and shall provide for examination of
11such reproduction or examination of a copy generated from an optical disk or
12electronic storage in enlarged, easily readable form upon request. Compliance with
13this subsection satisfies the requirement of s. 59.51 (1) that the register of deeds shall
14keep such records in his or her office. The register of deeds may make certified copies
15reproduced from a copy generated from microfilm or from an optical disk or electronic
16storage. The register of deeds may destroy or move to off-site storage any notice of
17lis pendens that has been microfilmed or recorded on optical disk or in electronic
18format under this subsection.

AB150,1164,320 59.57 (6) For performing functions under s. 409.407 (1) and (2) (a) and (b), the
21register shall charge the fees stated in that section s. 409.407 (2) (a) or (b). A
22financing statement and an assignment or notice of assignment of the security
23interest, offered for filing at the same time, shall be considered as only one document
24for the purpose of this subsection. Whenever there is offered for filing any document
25that is not on a standard form prescribed by the secretary of state or that varies more

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1than one-eighth of an inch from the approved size as prescribed by s. 59.51, the
2appropriate fee specified in ss. 409.403 to 409.406 or an additional filing fee of
3one-half the regular fee, whichever is applicable, shall be charged by the register.

AB150,1164,146 59.57 (6) For performing functions under s. 409.407 (1) and (2) (a) and (b), the
7register shall charge the fees stated in s. 409.407 (2) (a) or (b). A financing statement
8and an assignment or notice of assignment of the security interest, offered for filing
9at the same time, shall be considered as only one document for the purpose of this
10subsection. Whenever there is offered for filing any document that is not on a
11standard form prescribed by the department of financial institutions or that varies
12more than one-eighth of an inch from the approved size as prescribed by s. 59.51, the
13appropriate fee specified in ss. 409.403 to 409.406 or an additional filing fee of
14one-half the regular fee, whichever is applicable, shall be charged by the register.

AB150,1164,1816 59.635 (6) Every land surveyor and, every officer of the department of natural
17resources, every officer of the department of tourism and parks and the district
18attorney shall enforce this section.

AB150,1165,720 59.90 (1) (a) On or before January 10 of every odd-numbered year, each city,
21village, town and county officer, and each clerk of every court of record, shall file with
22the treasurer of that person's county a written report under oath giving the names
23and the last-known addresses of all persons for whom any such officer or clerk holds
24money or security, and which has not been claimed for at least one year, and showing
25the amount of the money or the nature of the security in detail. A duplicate report

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1shall also be mailed to the secretary of state department of financial institutions.
2Upon receiving the reports the treasurer shall cause to be published a class 3 notice,
3under ch. 985, on or before February 1 of the same year, which contains the names
4and last-known addresses of the owners of such unclaimed money or security, and
5shall state that unless the owners call for and prove their ownership of the money
6or security, within 6 months from the time of the completed publication, the treasurer
7will take possession or control of the money or security.

AB150,1165,109 60.33 (9) (a) Perform the clerk's duties under chs. 115 to 121, relating to public
10instruction education.

AB150,1165,1612 60.71 (4) (b) The town board shall publish a class 2 notice, under ch. 985, of the
13hearing. The notice shall contain an announcement of the hearing and a description
14of the boundaries of the proposed town sanitary district. The town board shall mail
15the notice to the department of industry, labor and human relations development and
16the department of natural resources at least 10 days prior to the hearing.

AB150,1165,2518 60.71 (4) (c) Any person may file written comments on the formation of the
19district with the town clerk. Any owner of property within the boundary of the
20proposed district may appear at the hearing and offer objections, criticisms or
21suggestions as to the necessity of the proposed district and the question of whether
22his or her property will be benefited by the establishment of the district. A
23representative of the department of industry, labor and human relations
24development and of the department of natural resources may attend the hearing and
25advise the town board.

AB150,1166,142 61.34 (4) Village finances. The village board may levy and provide for the
3collection of taxes and special assessments; may refund any tax or special
4assessment paid, or any part thereof, when satisfied that the same was unjust or
5illegal; and generally may manage the village finances. The village board may loan
6money to any school district located within the village or within which the village is
7wholly or partially located in such sums as are needed by such district to meet the
8immediate expenses of operating the schools thereof, and the board of the district
9may borrow money from such village accordingly and give its note therefor. No such
10loan shall be made to extend beyond August 30 next following the making thereof or
11in an amount exceeding one-half of the estimated receipts for such district as
12certified by the state superintendent department of public instruction education and
13the local school clerk. The rate of interest on any such loan shall be determined by
14the village board.

AB150,1166,2416 62.12 (9) Loans. The council may loan money to any school district located
17within the city, or within which the city is wholly or partially located, in such sums
18as are needed by such district to meet the immediate expenses of operating the
19schools thereof, and the board of the district may borrow money from such city
20accordingly and give its note therefor. No such loan shall be made to extend beyond
21August 30 next following the making thereof or in an amount exceeding one-half of
22the estimated receipts for such district as certified by the state superintendent
23department of public instruction education and the local school clerk. The rate of
24interest on any such loan shall be determined by the city council.

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166.013 (2) (a) "Department" means the department of administration
2development.

AB150,1167,25 466.02 Consolidation. Subject to s. 66.023 (7), any town, village or city may
5be consolidated with a contiguous town, village or city, by ordinance, passed by a
6two-thirds vote of all the members of each board or council, fixing the terms of the
7consolidation and ratified by the electors at a referendum held in each municipality.
8 The ballots shall bear the words, "for consolidation", and "against consolidation",
9and if a majority of the votes cast thereon in each municipality are for consolidation,
10the ordinances shall then be in effect and have the force of a contract. The ordinance
11and the result of the referendum shall be certified as provided in s. 66.018 (5); if a
12town the certification shall be preserved as provided in ss. 60.03 and 66.018 (5),
13respectively. Consolidation shall not affect the preexisting rights or liabilities of any
14municipality and actions thereon may be commenced or completed as though no
15consolidation had been effected. Any consolidation ordinance proposing the
16consolidation of a town and another municipality shall, within 10 days after its
17adoption and prior to its submission to the voters for ratification at a referendum, be
18submitted to the circuit court and the department of administration development for
19a determination whether such proposed consolidation is in the public interest. The
20circuit court shall determine whether the proposed ordinance meets the formal
21requirements of this section and shall then refer the matter to the department of
22administration development, which shall find as prescribed in s. 66.014 whether the
23proposed consolidation is in the public interest in accordance with the standards in
24s. 66.016. The department's findings shall have the same status as incorporation
25findings under ss. 66.014 to 66.019.

AB150,1168,162 66.021 (7) (a) An ordinance for the annexation of the territory described in the
3annexation petition may be enacted by a two-thirds vote of the elected members of
4the governing body not less than 20 days after the publication of the notice of
5intention to circulate the petition and not later than 120 days after the date of filing
6with the city or village clerk of the petition for annexation or of the referendum
7election if favorable to the annexation. If the annexation is subject to sub. (11) the
8governing body shall first review the reasons given by the department of
9administration development that the proposed annexation is against the public
10interest. Subject to s. 59.971 (7), such an ordinance may temporarily designate the
11classification of the annexed area for zoning purposes until the zoning ordinance is
12amended as prescribed in s. 62.23 (7) (d). Before introduction of an ordinance
13containing such temporary classification, the proposed classification shall be
14referred to and recommended by the plan commission. The authority to make such
15temporary classification shall not be effective when the county ordinance prevails
16during litigation as provided in s. 59.97 (7).