17.245 New city, village or town office, filling. Whenever an elective office is created in a city, village or town pursuant to law or ordinance, the office shall not be deemed vacant until it has first been filled by the electorate, except that if a city, village or town enacts an ordinance or bylaw creating a municipal court under s. 755.01 before the December 1 preceding the spring election the office of municipal judge for that court shall be considered vacant and a temporary appointment may be made by the city, village or town governing body pending the election of the initial elected occupant of the office.
History: 1977 c. 256, 447; 1993 a. 10; 1995 a. 16 s. 2.
Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 17 - Resignations, vacancies, and removals from office.
17.01 - Resignations to whom made; when effective.
17.015 - Municipal judge: multiple resignations.
17.02 - Notice of resignations.
17.03 - Vacancies, how caused.
17.035 - Vacancies; military leaves.
17.05 - Governor may declare vacancies.
17.06 - Removal of state officers; impeachment; address.
17.07 - Removals; legislative and appointive state officers.
17.08 - Suspension of receiver of moneys.
17.09 - Removal of elective county officers.
17.10 - Removal of appointive county officers.
17.11 - Suspension of district attorney or sheriff.
17.12 - Removal and suspension of city officers.
17.14 - Removal; assessors; boards of review; county boards; procedure.
17.15 - Removals; other officers.
17.16 - Removals; definition; procedure; disqualification.
17.18 - Vacancies, U.S. senator and representative in congress; how filled.
17.19 - Vacancies, elective state offices; how filled.
17.20 - Vacancies in appointive state offices; how filled; terms.
17.21 - Vacancies in elective county offices; how filled; term.
17.22 - Vacancies in appointive county offices; how filled.
17.23 - Vacancies in city offices; how filled.
17.24 - Vacancies in village offices.
17.245 - New city, village or town office, filling.
17.25 - Vacancies in town offices; how filled.
17.26 - Vacancies in school boards; how filled.
17.27 - Vacancies in other offices; how filled.
17.275 - Records of applicants for elective positions.
17.28 - When officers may hold office.