SB248,13,2513 9.10 (2) (d) No petition may be offered for filing for the recall of an officer unless
14the petitioner first files a registration statement under s. 11.05 (1) or (2) with the
15filing officer with whom the petition is filed. The petitioner shall append to the
16registration a statement indicating his or her intent to circulate a recall petition, the
17name of the officer for whom recall is sought and, in the case of a petition for the recall
18of a city, village, town, local park district, or school district officer, a statement of a
19reason for the recall which is related to the official responsibilities of the official for
20whom removal is sought. No petitioner may circulate a petition for the recall of an
21officer prior to completing registration. The last date that on which a petition for the
22recall of an officer may be offered for filing is 5 p.m. on the 60th day commencing after
23registration. After the recall petition has been offered for filing, no name may be
24added or removed. No signature may be counted unless the date of the signature is
25within the period provided in this paragraph.

SB248,14,42 9.10 (3) (a) This subsection applies to the recall of all elective officials other
3than city, village, town, local park district, and school district officials. City, village,
4town, local park district, and school district officials are recalled under sub. (4).

SB248,15,136 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.

SB248,15,2015 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.

SB248,15,2422 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.

SB248,16,2215 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.

SB248,16,2524 11.02 (8) If the jurisdiction under sub. (3) is a local park district, the
25appropriate clerk is the local park district clerk.

SB248,17,52 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.

SB248,17,107 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.

SB248,17,1612 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:

SB248,17,2118 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.

SB248,18,2 2317.13 Removal of village, town, town sanitary district, school district,
24technical college and family care district, and local park district officers.
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1college districts and, family care districts, and local park districts may be removed
2as follows:

SB248,18,84 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.

SB248,18,1810 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.

SB248,18,2420 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).

SB248,19,93 20.370 (5) (ct) Recreation aids — all-terrain vehicle project aids; gas tax
4payment. As a continuing appropriation, the sum of an amount equal to the
5estimated all-terrain vehicle gas tax payment and an amount equal to the amount
6lapsed to the conservation fund on July 1, 2005, from the appropriation account
7under s. 20.370 (5) (cv), 2003 stats., to provide aid to towns, villages, cities, counties,
8local park districts, as defined in s. 23.33 (1) (im), and federal agencies for nonstate
9all-terrain vehicle projects.

SB248,19,1612 20.370 (5) (ct) Recreation aids — all-terrain vehicle project aids; gas tax
13payment. As a continuing appropriation, an amount equal to the estimated
14all-terrain vehicle gas tax payment to provide aid to towns, villages, cities, counties,
15local park districts, as defined in s. 23.33 (1) (im), and federal agencies for nonstate
16all-terrain vehicle projects.

SB248,19,2218 20.370 (5) (cu) Recreation aids — all-terrain vehicle project aids. As a
19continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule from moneys received from
20all-terrain vehicle fees under s. 23.33 (2) (c) to (e) and (2j) to provide aid to towns,
21villages, cities, counties, local park districts, as defined in s. 23.33 (1m), and federal
22agencies for nonstate all-terrain vehicle projects.

SB248,20,224 23.09 (19) (a) 2. "Governmental unit" means a city, a village, a town, a county,
25a local park district created under s. 27.161, a lake sanitary district, as defined in s.

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130.50 (4q), a public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district, or the Kickapoo
2reserve management board.

SB248,20,54 23.09 (20) (ab) 2. "Municipality" means a city, a village, a town or, a county, or
5a local park district created under s. 27.161.

SB248,20,97 23.09 (20m) (a) 1. "Governmental unit" means a city, a village, a town, a county,
8a local park district created under s. 27.161, or the Kickapoo reserve management
9board.

SB248,20,1211 23.09 (26) (title) Aids to counties County and park district aid for
12snowmobile purposes.

SB248,20,2015 23.09 (26) (g) The procedures in sub. (11) (a), (d), (e) and (f) shall apply to this
16subsection except that the The department shall consult with the snowmobile
17recreational council before adopting snowmobile trail construction standards, the
18restriction in sub. (11) (a) as to county lands is not applicable, the restriction in sub.
19(11) (d) as to encumbrance of funds is not applicable and the restriction in sub. (11)
20(e) as to requests for state aids exceeding available funds is not applicable.

SB248,20,2222 23.09 (26) (ac) In this subsection:

SB248,20,2323 1. "Local park district" has the meaning given in s. 350.01 (2m).

SB248,20,2424 2. "Facility" means a parking area, shelter, or toilet.

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123.09 (26) (am) (intro.) Counties and local park districts may receive aids under
2this subsection distributed in accordance with s. 350.12 (4) to do any of the following:

SB248,21,174 23.09 (26) (am) 1. Purchase lands or secure easements, leases, permits, or other
5appropriate agreements, written or oral, permitting use of private property for
6snowmobile trails, facilities, and areas, if such the easements, leases, permits, or
7other agreements provide public access to the trail, facility, or area. No lands
8purchased or leases, easements, permits, or agreements secured under authority of
9this section subsection may be acquired by the county through condemnation.
10Counties and local park districts shall certify to the department that such the lands,
11easements, leases, permits, or other appropriate agreements have been secured.
12However, when bridges, culverts, toilet facilities, parking lots or shelters or facilities
13are to be constructed under this section subsection and the improvements are
14estimated to cost in excess of $3,000, the land underlying such these improvements
15must be purchased by the county or local park district or secured by the county or
16local park district by written easements or leases having a term of not less than 3
17years.

SB248,21,2119 23.09 (26) (am) 3. Develop and maintain snowmobile trails, facilities, and areas
20on public lands designated by the county board or trails or areas under subd. 1. or
212 or by the local park district.

SB248,21,2423 23.09 (26) (am) 3m. Develop and maintain snowmobile trails, facilities, and
24areas under subd. 1. or 2.

SB248,22,42 23.09 (26) (ar) Counties may receive aids under this subsection distributed in
3accordance with s. 350.12 (4) to enforce laws in and on snowmobile trails, facilities,
4and areas.

SB248,22,116 23.09 (26) (b) The county board of any county, which, by resolution, indicates
7its desire Any county or any local park district that wishes to receive aids under this
8subsection shall apply to the department on forms prescribed by the department and
9submit required documentation as set forth promulgated by rule on or before April
1015, beginning in 1978 of each year. A decision on an aid application shall be made
11by the department on or before the following July 1, beginning in 1978.

SB248,22,1813 23.09 (26) (bg) The department shall review the aid application as it considers
14necessary to determine whether the approval of the application will best serve the
15public interest and need. In making its decision, the department shall give careful
16consideration to whether the proposal is an integral part of an official comprehensive
17land and water use plan for the area as well as the relationship of the proposal to
18similar proposals on other public lands.

SB248,22,2520 23.09 (26) (d) Distribution of snowmobile trail development funds shall be
21limited to trails which provide a primary access route through one county and
22connect with another county's trails, provide access from population centers to main
23access trails or support a high volume of use. Counties and local park districts
24applying for aid for snowmobile trail development shall identify the type of trail for
25which aid is being sought on the forms under par. (b).

SB248,23,92 23.09 (26) (h) Trails, areas, facilities, or other structures for which aid granted
3under this subsection is provided may not be converted to uses that are inconsistent
4with the purposes of this subsection without the approval of the department. The
5department shall not grant approval unless there is evidence that these uses are
6essential to and in accordance with an official comprehensive land and water use
7plan for the area. The department shall require that the proceeds from the sale or
8other disposal of trails, areas, facilities, or other structures for which aid is provided
9under this subsection be used to further the purposes of this subsection.

SB248,23,1211 23.175 (1) (a) "Political subdivision" means a city, a village, a town or, a county,
12or a local park district created under s. 27.161.

SB248,23,1414 23.305 (1) (intro.) In this section, "spectator sports":

SB248,23,17 15(bm) "Spectator sports" means events or contests in which the general public
16spectates but does not participate, including without limitation because of
17enumeration:

SB248,23,2221 23.305 (1) (am) "Local park district" means a local park district created under
22s. 27.161 but not with the participation of any city.

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123.305 (2) Notwithstanding ss. 23.30 and 28.04, the department may lease
2state park land or state forest land to towns, villages or , counties, or local park
3districts for outdoor recreational purposes associated with spectator sports.

SB248,24,65 23.33 (1) (im) "Local park district" means a local park district created under
6s. 27.161.

SB248,24,118 23.33 (8) (c) Trails. A town, a village, a city, a county, or a local park district
9or the department may designate corridors through land which it owns or controls,
10or for which it obtains leases, easements or permission, for use as all-terrain vehicle
11trails.

SB248,24,1613 23.33 (9) (c) Signs. In addition to the projects listed in par. (b), the department
14may provide aid under this subsection to a town, village, city or, county, or local park
15district for up to 100% 100 percent of the cost of placing signs developed under sub.
16(4z) (a) 2.

SB248,24,2118 23.33 (11) (a) Counties, towns, cities and villages A county, city, town, or village
19may enact ordinances regulating all-terrain vehicles on all-terrain vehicle trails
20maintained by or on all-terrain vehicle routes designated by under the jurisdiction
21of the county, city, town, or village.