198.04 Procedure for organizing district; 2nd step.
(1) Notice to commission. Upon receipt of the certified copies of the resolutions adopted under s. 198.03 (1) or the petition presented under s. 198.03 (2), the county clerk shall immediately notify the commission in writing that the municipalities filing the resolutions or those named in the petition as constituting the proposed power district had petitioned the county clerk to call an election without delay for determining whether the district should be created.
(2) Report of commission. Within 90 days after receipt of the notice of the county clerk under sub. (1), the commission shall file with the county clerk its written recommendations as to the feasibility or nonfeasibility of the proposed district with reasons for the commission's recommendations. Certified copies of the commission's recommendations shall at the same time be filed by the commission with the clerk of each municipality included within the proposed district.
(3) Election called. Upon receipt of the commission's recommendations, or upon expiration of the 90-day period referred to in sub. (2), the county clerk shall call without delay an election within the proposed district for the purpose of determining whether the proposed district shall be created.
History: 1993 a. 482; 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.