198.02 District, creation, powers. A municipal power district may be created as provided in this chapter and when so created shall be considered a municipal corporation and may exercise the powers granted in this chapter. Any 2 or more municipalities, whether contiguous or otherwise or in the same or different counties, may organize and incorporate as a municipal power district. No municipality may be divided in the formation of a municipal power district, and no municipality shall be included in a municipal power district unless approved by a majority of the votes cast in that municipality at an election under s. 198.06 on the proposition of whether a district should be created.
History: 1997 a. 254.
Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 198 - Municipal power and water districts.
198.02 - District, creation, powers.
198.03 - Procedure for organizing district; initiation.
198.04 - Procedure for organizing district; 2nd step.
198.05 - Subdistricts, boundaries.
198.07 - Board of directors, boundaries.
198.09 - Vacancies, declared, filled.
198.11 - Compensation and expenses of directors.
198.12 - Corporate powers of district.
198.13 - Acquisition of private utilities; dissolution of power district.
198.14 - Powers of district board.
198.145 - District legislature, ordinances, officers.
198.165 - District clerk, treasurer, attorney, duties.
198.167 - Certified public accountant; annual report.
198.17 - Eminent domain procedure.
198.19 - Annexation of territory.
198.20 - Consolidation of districts.