63.19 Duties and powers of board. Every board of city service commissioners appointed under ss. 63.18 to 63.53 shall investigate the enforcement of ss. 63.18 to 63.53 and of its rules, adopted in accordance with ss. 63.18 to 63.53 to carry out the purposes of ss. 63.18 to 63.53 and the action of the examiners provided for in ss. 63.18 to 63.53, and the conduct and action of the appointees in the official service in its city, and may inquire as to the nature, tenure and compensation of all offices and places in the public service thereof. In the course of such investigation each commissioner may administer oaths, and the board may secure by its subpoena both the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of books and papers relevant to the investigation. The commission may investigate the character and standing in the community of all applicants for examination and appointment in the city service under ss. 63.18 to 63.53.
History: 1979 c. 89.
Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 63 - County and city civil service.
63.01 - County civil service commission; appointment; terms.
63.02 - Rules; secretary; employees; offices.
63.04 - Appointments; promotions and removals in classified service.
63.05 - Certifications; appointments; temporary assignments.
63.06 - Rights of employees in military service.
63.065 - Elected county or state officers.
63.07 - Temporary appointments.
63.085 - Certification and appointment of handicapped; special lists of eligibles.
63.09 - Efficiency records; promotions.
63.10 - Demotion; dismissal; procedure.
63.11 - Standard scale of compensation.
63.12 - Investigations; testimonial powers; witnesses.
63.13 - Certification of payrolls.
63.14 - Prohibited influences and practices.
63.15 - Existing officers and employees, how affected.
63.16 - Appropriation for commission.
63.17 - Violations, county civil service.
63.18 - First class city commission; appointment; terms.
63.19 - Duties and powers of board.
63.20 - Compulsory attendance and fees of witnesses.
63.22 - City and its officers to cooperate in carrying out the law.
63.23 - Classification of offices.
63.235 - Delegation to board of school directors.
63.24 - Commission to make rules.
63.25 - Rules, what to require.
63.26 - Appointments to conform to rules.
63.27 - Rules not applicable to certain officers.
63.29 - Civil service for attorneys in office of city attorney.
63.30 - Secretary; selection, duties.
63.32 - Applicants to be examined; character of examinations.
63.33 - Examinations reasonable.
63.34 - Notice of examinations.
63.35 - Application, contents.
63.36 - Appointment of examiners; compensation.
63.37 - Board to keep a register of eligibles.
63.38 - Persons examined not to be obstructed, aided or impersonated.
63.39 - Vacancies, how filled.
63.41 - Vacancies in special cases, how filled.
63.42 - Notice to commissioners of all appointments, and of all offices abandoned.
63.43 - Removals for just cause only; reasons to be furnished in writing; hearings; decisions.
63.44 - Provisions for removals not to apply to certain departments.
63.45 - No payments approved or made of salary in the classified service except as provided.
63.49 - No promotion or demotion for making or refusing political contributions.
63.50 - Use of money prohibited.
63.51 - The improper use or promise of political influence forbidden.
63.52 - Violations, city civil service; vacates office; disqualification; prosecution.