AB784,15,136 9.10 (4) (a) Within 10 days after a petition for the recall of a city, village, town,
7local park district, or school district official, is offered for filing, the officer against
8whom the petition is filed may file a written challenge with the municipal clerk or
9board of election commissioners or school district clerk official or agency with whom
10it the petition is filed, specifying any alleged insufficiency. If a challenge is filed, the
11petitioner may file a written rebuttal to the challenge with the clerk or board of
12election commissioners official or agency within 5 days after the challenge is filed.
13If a rebuttal is filed, the officer against whom the petition is filed may file a reply to
14any new matter raised in the rebuttal within 2 days after the rebuttal is filed. Within
1514 days after the expiration of the time allowed for filing a reply to a rebuttal, the
16clerk or board of election commissioners official or agency shall file the certificate or
17an amended certificate. Within 31 days after the petition is offered for filing, the
18clerk or board of election commissioners official or agency shall determine by careful
19examination of the face of the petition whether the petition is sufficient and shall so
20state in a certificate issued by the official or agency and attached to the petition. If
21the petition is found to be insufficient, the certificate shall state the particulars
22creating the insufficiency. The petition may be amended to correct any insufficiency
23within 5 days following the affixing of the original certificate. Within 2 days after
24the offering of the amended petition for filing, the clerk or board of election
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1to determine sufficiency and shall attach to the petition a certificate stating the
2findings. Immediately upon finding an original or amended petition sufficient,
3except in cities over 500,000 population, the municipal clerk or school district clerk
4and except with regard to a commissioner of a local park district, the official shall
5transmit the petition to the governing body or to the school board. Immediately
6Except with regard to a commissioner of a local park district, immediately upon
7finding an original or amended petition sufficient, in cities over 500,000 population,
8the board of election commissioners shall file the petition in its office. Immediately
9upon finding an original or amended petition sufficient, with regard to a member of
10the local park district commission, the local park district clerk shall file the petition
11in his or her office and shall transmit a copy of the petition to the governing body of
12each city, village, and town that has territory within the jurisdiction of the local park
13district.

AB784,15,2015 9.10 (4) (d) Promptly upon receipt of a certificate or copy of the certificate issued
16under par. (a), the governing body, school board, or board of election commissioners
17shall call a recall election. The recall election shall be held on the Tuesday of the 6th
18week commencing after the date on which the certificate is filed, except that if
19Tuesday is a legal holiday the recall election shall be held on the first day after
20Tuesday which is not a legal holiday.

AB784,15,2422 9.10 (7) Purpose. The purpose of this section is to facilitate the operation of
23article XIII, section 12, of the constitution and to extend the same rights to electors
24of cities, villages, towns, local park districts, and school districts.

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110.05 Posting of notice. Unless specifically designated elsewhere, this
2section applies to villages, towns and, school districts, and local park districts.
3Whenever a notice is required to be published, a village, town or, school district, or
4local park district may post 3 notices in lieu of publication under ch. 985 whenever
5there is not a newspaper published within the village, town or, school district, or local
6park district or whenever the governing body of the village, town or, school district,
7or local park district chooses to post in order to supplement notice provided in a
8newspaper. Whenever the manner of giving notice is changed by the governing body,
9the body shall give notice of the change in the manner used before the change.
10Whenever posting is used, the notices shall be posted no later than the day prescribed
11by law for publication, or, if that day falls within the week preceding the election to
12be noticed, at least one week before the election. All notices given for the same
13election shall be given in the same manner.

AB784,16,2215 10.07 (1) Except as provided in sub. (2) in the case of voting machine ballots,
16whenever any county clerk or, any local park district clerk, and one or more
17municipal or school district clerks within the same county are directed to publish any
18notice or portion of a notice under this chapter on the same date in the same
19newspaper, the text of which is identical, the clerks may publish one notice only. The
20cost of publication of such notice or the portion of the notice required shall be
21apportioned equally between the county and each municipality or, school district, or
22local park district sharing in its publication.

AB784,16,2524 11.02 (8) If the jurisdiction under sub. (3) is a local park district, the
25appropriate clerk is the local park district clerk.

AB784,17,52 11.26 (1) (d) 2. One cent times the number of inhabitants of the jurisdiction or,
3district, or election district, according to the latest federal census or the census
4information on which the district is based, as certified by the appropriate filing
5officer, but not more than $3,000.

AB784,17,107 11.26 (2) (e) 2. Three-fourths of one cent times the number of inhabitants of
8the jurisdiction or, district, or election district, according to the latest federal census
9or the census information on which the district is based, as certified by the
10appropriate filing officer, but not more than $2,500.

AB784,17,1612 11.31 (1) (h) (intro.) Candidates for any local office , who are elected from a
13jurisdiction or, district, or election district with less than 500,000 inhabitants
14according to the latest federal census or census information on which the district is
15based, as certified by the appropriate filing officer, an amount equal to the greater
16of the following:

AB784,17,2118 17.01 (11m) By a commissioner of a local park district, to the local park district
19commission. The local park district commission shall immediately give a copy of each
20resignation under this subsection to the clerk or board of election commissioners of
21each municipality that has territory within the jurisdiction of the district.

AB784,18,2 2417.13 Removal of village, town, town sanitary district, school district,
25and technical college, and local park district officers. (intro.) Officers of

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1towns, town sanitary districts, villages, school districts, and technical college
2districts, and local park districts may be removed as follows:

AB784,18,84 17.13 (3) All officers. Any village, town, town sanitary district, school district
5or, technical college district, or local park district officer, elective or appointive,
6including those embraced within subs. (1) and (2), by the a judge of the circuit court
7of the a circuit wherein the village, town, town sanitary district, school district or,
8technical college district, or local park district is situated, for cause.

AB784,18,1810 17.27 (1f) Local park district commission. Except as provided in s. 9.10, a
11vacancy in the office of commissioner of a local park district may be filled for the
12residue of the unexpired term by temporary appointment of the remaining members
13of the local park district commission. If the vacancy occurs in any year after the first
14Tuesday in April and on or before December 1, the vacancy shall be filled for the
15residue of the unexpired term, if any, at the next spring election. If the vacancy
16occurs in any year after December 1 or on or before the first Tuesday in April, the
17vacancy shall be filled for the residue of the unexpired term, if any, at the 2nd
18succeeding spring election.

AB784,18,2420 20.370 (5) (cr) Recreation aids — county snowmobile trail and area aids. As
21a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule from the snowmobile
22account in the conservation fund to provide state aid to counties and local park
23districts, as defined in s. 350.01 (2m), for snowmobile trails , facilities, and areas
24consistent with the requirements of ss. 23.09 (26) and 350.12 (4) (b).

AB784,19,73 20.370 (5) (ct) Recreation aids — all-terrain vehicle project aids; gas tax
4payment. As a continuing appropriation, an amount equal to the estimated
5all-terrain vehicle gas tax payment to provide aid to towns, villages, cities, counties,
6local park districts, as defined in s. 23.33 (1) (im), and federal agencies for nonstate
7all-terrain vehicle projects.

AB784,19,1610 20.370 (5) (cu) Recreation aids — all-terrain vehicle project aids. As a
11continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule from moneys received from
12all-terrain vehicle fees under s. 23.33 (2) (c) to (e) to provide aid to towns, villages,
13cities, counties, local park districts, as defined in s. 23.33 (1m), and federal agencies
14for nonstate all-terrain vehicle projects, and to provide grants under s. 23.33 (11m)
15(g) to counties and municipalities participating in the lightweight utility vehicle pilot
16program.

AB784,19,2118 23.09 (19) (a) 2. "Governmental unit" means a city, a village, a town, a county,
19a local park district created under s. 27.161, a lake sanitary district, as defined in s.
2030.50 (4q), a public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district, or the Kickapoo
21reserve management board.

AB784,19,2423 23.09 (20) (ab) 2. "Municipality" means a city, a village, a town or, a county, or
24a local park district created under s. 27.161.

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123.09 (20m) (a) 1. "Governmental unit" means a city, a village, a town, a county,
2a local park district created under s. 27.161, or the Kickapoo reserve management
3board.

AB784,20,65 23.09 (26) (title) Aids to counties County and park district aid for
6snowmobile purposes.

AB784,20,149 23.09 (26) (g) The procedures in sub. (11) (a), (d), (e) and (f) shall apply to this
10subsection except that the The department shall consult with the snowmobile
11recreational council before adopting snowmobile trail construction standards, the
12restriction in sub. (11) (a) as to county lands is not applicable, the restriction in sub.
13(11) (d) as to encumbrance of funds is not applicable and the restriction in sub. (11)
14(e) as to requests for state aids exceeding available funds is not applicable.

AB784,20,1616 23.09 (26) (ac) In this subsection:

AB784,20,1717 1. "Local park district" has the meaning given in s. 350.01 (2m).

AB784,20,1818 2. "Facility" means a parking area, shelter, or toilet.

AB784,20,2120 23.09 (26) (am) (intro.) Counties and local park districts may receive aids under
21this subsection distributed in accordance with s. 350.12 (4) to do any of the following:

AB784,21,1123 23.09 (26) (am) 1. Purchase lands or secure easements, leases, permits, or other
24appropriate agreements, written or oral, permitting use of private property for
25snowmobile trails, facilities, and areas, if such the easements, leases, permits, or

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1other agreements provide public access to the trail, facility , or area. No lands
2purchased or leases, easements, permits, or agreements secured under authority of
3this section subsection may be acquired by the county through condemnation.
4Counties and local park districts shall certify to the department that such the lands,
5easements, leases, permits, or other appropriate agreements have been secured.
6However, when bridges, culverts, toilet facilities, parking lots or shelters or facilities
7are to be constructed under this section subsection and the improvements are
8estimated to cost in excess of $3,000, the land underlying such these improvements
9must be purchased by the county or local park district or secured by the county or
10local park district by written easements or leases having a term of not less than 3
11years.

AB784,21,1513 23.09 (26) (am) 3. Develop and maintain snowmobile trails, facilities, and areas
14on public lands designated by the county board or trails or areas under subd. 1. or
152 or by the local park district.

AB784,21,1817 23.09 (26) (am) 3m. Develop and maintain snowmobile trails, facilities, and
18areas under subd. 1. or 2.

AB784,21,2321 23.09 (26) (ar) Counties may receive aids under this subsection distributed in
22accordance with s. 350.12 (4) to enforce laws in and on snowmobile trails, facilities,
23and areas.

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123.09 (26) (b) The county board of any county, which, by resolution, indicates
2its desire Any county or any local park district that wishes to receive aids under this
3subsection shall apply to the department on forms prescribed by the department and
4submit required documentation as set forth promulgated by rule on or before April
515, beginning in 1978 of each year. A decision on an aid application shall be made
6by the department on or before the following July 1, beginning in 1978.

AB784,22,138 23.09 (26) (bg) The department shall review the aid application as it considers
9necessary to determine whether the approval of the application will best serve the
10public interest and need. In making its decision, the department shall give careful
11consideration to whether the proposal is an integral part of an official comprehensive
12land and water use plan for the area as well as the relationship of the proposal to
13similar proposals on other public lands.

AB784,22,2015 23.09 (26) (d) Distribution of snowmobile trail development funds shall be
16limited to trails which provide a primary access route through one county and
17connect with another county's trails, provide access from population centers to main
18access trails or support a high volume of use. Counties and local park districts
19applying for aid for snowmobile trail development shall identify the type of trail for
20which aid is being sought on the forms under par. (b).

AB784,23,422 23.09 (26) (h) Trails, areas, facilities, or other structures for which aid granted
23under this subsection is provided may not be converted to uses that are inconsistent
24with the purposes of this subsection without the approval of the department. The
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1essential to and in accordance with an official comprehensive land and water use
2plan for the area. The department shall require that the proceeds from the sale or
3other disposal of trails, areas, facilities, or other structures for which aid is provided
4under this subsection be used to further the purposes of this subsection.

AB784,23,76 23.175 (1) (a) "Political subdivision" means a city, a village, a town or, a county,
7or a local park district created under s. 27.161.

AB784,23,99 23.305 (1) (intro.) In this section, "spectator sports":

AB784,23,12 10(bm) "Spectator sports" means events or contests in which the general public
11spectates but does not participate, including without limitation because of
12enumeration:

AB784,23,1716 23.305 (1) (am) "Local park district" means a local park district created under
17s. 27.161 but not with the participation of any city.

AB784,23,2119 23.305 (2) Notwithstanding ss. 23.30 and 28.04, the department may lease
20state park land or state forest land to towns, villages or , counties, or local park
21districts for outdoor recreational purposes associated with spectator sports.

AB784,23,2423 23.33 (1) (im) "Local park district" means a local park district created under
24s. 27.161.

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123.33 (8) (c) Trails. A town, a village, a city, a county, or a local park district
2or the department may designate corridors through land which it owns or controls,
3or for which it obtains leases, easements or permission, for use as all-terrain vehicle
4trails.

AB784,24,96 23.33 (9) (c) Signs. In addition to the projects listed in par. (b), the department
7may provide aid under this subsection to a town, village, city or, county, or local park
8district for up to 100% 100 percent of the cost of placing signs developed under sub.
9(4z) (a) 2.

AB784,24,1411 23.33 (11) (a) Counties, towns, cities and villages A county, city, town, or village
12may enact ordinances regulating all-terrain vehicles on all-terrain vehicle trails
13maintained by or on all-terrain vehicle routes designated by under the jurisdiction
14of the county, city, town, or village.

AB784,25,217 25.50 (1) (d) "Local government" means any county, town, village, city, power
18district, sewerage district, drainage district, town sanitary district, public inland
19lake protection and rehabilitation district, local professional baseball park district
20created under subch. III of ch. 229, long-term care district under s. 46.2895, local
21professional football stadium district created under subch. IV of ch. 229, local
22cultural arts district created under subch. V of ch. 229, local park district created
23under s. 27.161, public library system, school district or technical college district in
24this state, any commission, committee, board, or officer of any governmental
25subdivision of this state, any court of this state, other than the court of appeals or the

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1supreme court, or any authority created under s. 114.61, 149.41, 231.02, 233.02, or
2234.02.

AB784,25,104 27.01 (3) Transfer of state park land to municipalities. The department may
5not transfer the ownership of any state park or land within any state park to any
6county, city, village or, town, county, or local park district created under s. 27.161
7unless it the department receives the approval of the joint committee on finance
8regarding the appropriate level of reimbursement to be received by the state to
9reflect the state's cost in acquiring and developing the state park or land within the
10state park.

AB784,26,512 27.02 (1) Except as provided under sub. (2) and except in counties that are part
13of a local park district created under s. 27.161, in every county with a population of
14at least 150,000, but less than 500,000, and in any other county with a population
15of less than 150,000 wherein the county board has by resolution provided for a county
16park commission subject to ss. 27.02 to 27.06, the chairperson of the county board
17shall appoint a county park commission consisting of 7 members, any number of
18which may be members of the county board. The appointments shall be made in
19writing and filed in the office of the county clerk. The term of each member, except
20county board members, is 7 years following July 1 of the year in which the
21appointment is made and until the appointment and qualification of a successor,
22except that the first 7 members shall be appointed respectively for such terms that
23on July 1 in each of the 7 years following the year in which they are appointed the
24term of one member will expire. After the original appointments one commissioner
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1will expire on July 1 following, except that in counties with a population of at least
2150,000 but less than 500,000 the members shall be elected by the county board of
3supervisors. The term of any park commissioner appointed to the commission while
4serving as a county board member shall end when the commissioner's membership
5on the county board terminates, unless thereafter reappointed to the commission.