198.07 Board of directors, boundaries.
(1) The government of each district shall be vested in a board of 5 directors.
(2) The boundaries of the subdistricts shall be drawn so that each shall contain approximately an equal number of voters, except that no municipality shall contain more than 2 subdistricts, nor shall any municipality be divided unless it shall comprise more than one subdistrict.
(3) Where a district includes a municipality that contains more than 50 percent of the voters in the entire district, all of the following apply:
(a) A director at large shall be appointed.
(b) The territory in the district, other than that contained in the municipality described in sub. (3) (intro.), shall be divided into 2 subdistricts.
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.