60.065 Change of town name. The name of a town shall be changed if a petition designating the new name is signed and filed with the town clerk under the procedures in s. 9.20 (1), certified by the town clerk under the procedure in s. 9.20 (3), approved by the electors in an election held under the procedures in s. 9.20 (4) and the result of the election is published in the town's official paper, or posted in the town, and the new name is filed with the secretary of administration.
History: 1993 a. 246; 2015 a. 55.
Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
60.01 - Legal status; general powers.
60.03 - Division and dissolution of towns generally.
60.05 - Organization of towns in special cases.
60.06 - Validity of attachment or detachment.
60.07 - Delivery of papers to clerk of new town.
60.09 - When a county constitutes a town.
60.10 - Powers of town meeting.
60.12 - Special town meetings.
60.16 - First town meeting in new towns.
60.21 - Town board, increased size authorized.
60.22 - General powers and duties.
60.24 - Powers and duties of town board chairperson.
60.30 - Election, appointment of town officers; general provisions.
60.305 - Combined and part-time offices.
60.307 - Appointment of town assessors.
60.31 - Official oath and bond.
60.32 - Compensation of elective town offices.
60.321 - Reimbursement of expenses.
60.323 - Compensation when acting in more than one official capacity.
60.34 - Duties of town treasurer.
60.341 - Deputy town treasurer.
60.35 - Duties of town constable.
60.40 - Preparation and adoption of budget.
60.41 - Annual financial statement.
60.45 - Disbursements from town treasury.
60.47 - Public contracts and competitive bidding.
60.52 - Sewer and water systems of adjoining municipality.
60.53 - Service pipes and laterals.
60.54 - Solid waste transportation.
60.553 - Combined protective services.
60.555 - Fire safety regulations.
60.557 - Reimbursement for fire calls on highways.
60.563 - Rewards for crime information.
60.57 - Police and fire commission.
60.61 - General zoning authority.
60.62 - Zoning authority if exercising village powers.
60.625 - Required notice on certain approvals.
60.627 - Town construction site erosion control and storm water management zoning.
60.63 - Community and other living arrangements.
60.635 - Environmental protection; interstate hazardous liquid pipelines.
60.64 - Historic preservation.
60.71 - Creation of town sanitary district by town board order.
60.72 - Creation of town sanitary district by order of the department of natural resources.
60.726 - Property with private on-site wastewater treatment system included.
60.73 - Review of orders creating town sanitary districts.
60.74 - Commissioners; method of selection.
60.75 - Commissioners; requirements.
60.76 - Organization of the commission.
60.78 - Powers to borrow money and issue municipal obligations.
60.782 - Power to act as a public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district.
60.785 - Changes in district boundaries.
60.79 - Alteration of town sanitary districts.
60.80 - Publication or posting of ordinances and resolutions.
60.81 - Population; use of federal census.
60.82 - Regional planning programs.