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AB68,786,77 66.0217 (1) (c) 1. b. By recorded private claim , section, township, and range.
AB68,1124 8Section 1124. 66.0217 (6) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,786,199 66.0217 (6) (a) Annexations within populous counties. No annexation
10proceeding within a county having a population of 50,000 or more is valid unless the
11person publishing a notice of annexation under sub. (4) mails a copy of the notice to
12the clerk of each municipality affected and the department, together with any fee
13imposed under s. 16.53 (14), within 5 days of the publication. The department shall
14within 20 days after receipt of the notice mail to the clerk of the town within which
15the territory lies and to the clerk of the proposed annexing village or city a notice that
16states whether in its opinion the annexation is in the public interest or is against the
17public interest and that advises the clerks of the reasons the annexation is in or
18against the public interest as defined in par. (c). The annexing municipality shall
19review the advice before final action is taken.
AB68,1125 20Section 1125. 66.0217 (9) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,787,1121 66.0217 (9) (a) The clerk of a city or village which has annexed territory shall
22file immediately with the secretary of administration a certified copy of the
23ordinance, certificate and plat scale map, and shall send one copy to each company
24that provides any utility service in the area that is annexed. The city or village shall
25also file with the county clerk or board of election commissioners the report required

1by s. 5.15 (4) (b). The clerk shall record the ordinance with the register of deeds and
2file a signed copy of the ordinance with the clerk of any affected school district.
3Failure to file, record or send does not invalidate the annexation and the duty to file,
4record or send is a continuing one. The ordinance that is filed, recorded or sent shall
5describe the annexed territory and the associated population. The information filed
6with the secretary of administration shall be utilized in making recommendations
7for adjustments to entitlements under the federal revenue sharing program and
8distribution of funds under ch. 79. The clerk shall certify annually , no later than
9December 31,
to the secretary of administration and record with the register of deeds
10a legal description of the total boundaries of the municipality as those boundaries
11existed on December 1, unless there has been no change in the 12 months preceding.
AB68,1126 12Section 1126. 66.0217 (9) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,787,2013 66.0217 (9) (b) Within 10 days of receipt of the ordinance, certificate, and plat
14scale map, the secretary of administration shall forward 2 copies one copy of the
15ordinance, certificate, and plat scale map to the department of transportation, one
16copy to the department of administration,
one copy to the department of revenue, one
17copy to the department of public instruction, one copy to the department, one copy
18to the department of natural resources, one copy to the department of agriculture,
19trade and consumer protection and 2 copies to the clerk of the municipality from
20which the territory was annexed.
AB68,1127 21Section 1127. 66.0217 (9) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,788,222 66.0217 (9) (c) Any city or village may direct a survey of its present boundaries
23to be made, and when properly attested the survey and plat scale map may be filed
24in the office of the register of deeds in the county in which the city or village is located.

1Upon filing, the survey and plat scale map are prima facie evidence of the facts set
2forth in the survey and plat scale map.
AB68,1128 3Section 1128. 66.0217 (12) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,788,74 66.0217 (12) Validity of plats scale maps. If an annexation is declared invalid
5but before the declaration and subsequent to the annexation a plat scale map is
6submitted and is approved as required in s. 236.10 (1) (a), the plat scale map is validly
7approved despite the invalidity of the annexation.
AB68,1129 8Section 1129. 66.0219 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,788,139 66.0219 (7) Appeal. An appeal from the order of the circuit court is limited to
10contested issues determined by the circuit court. An appeal shall not stay the
11conduct of the referendum election, if one is ordered, but the statement of the election
12results and the copies of the certificate and plat scale map may not be filed with the
13secretary of administration until the appeal has been determined.
AB68,1130 14Section 1130. 66.0221 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,789,1215 66.0221 (1) Upon its own motion and subject to sub. (3) and ss. 66.0301 (6) (d)
16and 66.0307 (7), a city or village, by a two-thirds vote of the entire membership of
17its governing body, may enact an ordinance annexing territory which comprises a
18portion of a town or towns and which was completely surrounded by territory of the
19city or village on December 2, 1973. The ordinance shall include all surrounded town
20areas except those that are exempt by mutual agreement of all of the governing
21bodies involved. The annexation ordinance shall contain a legal description of the
22territory and the name of the town or towns from which the territory is detached.
23Upon enactment of the ordinance, the city or village clerk immediately shall file 6
24one certified copies copy of the ordinance with the secretary of administration,
25together with 6 copies one copy of a scale map. The city or village shall also file with

1the county clerk or board of election commissioners the report required by s. 5.15 (4)
2(b). The secretary of administration shall forward 2 copies one copy of the ordinance
3and scale map to the department of transportation, one copy to the department of
4natural resources, and one copy to the department of revenue and one copy to the
5department of administration
. This subsection does not apply if the town island was
6created only by the annexation of a railroad right-of-way or drainage ditch. This
7subsection does not apply to land owned by a town government which has existing
8town government buildings located on the land. No town island may be annexed
9under this subsection if the island consists of over 65 acres or contains over 100
10residents. Section 66.0217 (11) applies to annexations under this subsection. Except
11as provided in sub. (2), after December 2, 1973, no city or village may, by annexation,
12create a town area which is completely surrounded by the city or village.
AB68,1131 13Section 1131. 66.0223 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,790,814 66.0223 (1) In addition to other methods provided by law and subject to sub.
15(2) and ss. 66.0301 (6) (d) and 66.0307 (7), territory owned by and lying near but not
16necessarily contiguous to a village or city may be annexed to a village or city by
17ordinance enacted by the board of trustees of the village or the common council of the
18city, provided that in the case of noncontiguous territory the use of the territory by
19the city or village is not contrary to any town or county zoning regulation. The
20ordinance shall contain the exact description of the territory annexed and the names
21of the towns from which detached, and attaches the territory to the village or city
22upon the filing of 7 one certified copies copy of the ordinance with the secretary of
23administration, together with 7 copies one copy of a plat scale map showing the
24boundaries of the territory attached. The city or village shall also file with the county
25clerk or board of election commissioners the report required by s. 5.15 (4) (b). Two

1copies
One copy of the ordinance and plat scale map shall be forwarded by the
2secretary of administration to the department of transportation, one copy to the
3department of administration,
one copy to the department of natural resources, one
4copy to the department of revenue and one copy to the department of public
5instruction. Within 10 days of filing the certified copies copy, a copy of the ordinance
6and plat scale map shall be mailed or delivered to the clerk of the county in which
7the annexed territory is located. Sections 66.0203 (8) (c) and 66.0217 (11) apply to
8annexations under this section.
AB68,1132 9Section 1132. 66.0227 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,790,1210 66.0227 (5) The ordinance, certificate and plat scale map shall be filed and
11recorded in the same manner as annexations under s. 66.0217 (9) (a). The
12requirements for the secretary of administration are the same as in s. 66.0217 (9) (b).
AB68,1133 13Section 1133. 66.0231 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,791,5 1466.0231 Notice of certain litigation affecting municipal status or
15boundaries.
If a proceeding under ss. 61.187, 61.189, 61.74, 62.075, 66.0201 to
1666.0213, 66.0215, 66.02162, 66.0217, 66.0221, 66.0223, 66.0227, 66.0301 (6), or
1766.0307 or other sections relating to an incorporation, annexation, consolidation,
18dissolution or detachment of territory of a city or village is contested by instigation
19of legal proceedings, the clerk of the city or village involved in the proceedings shall
20file with the secretary of administration 4 copies one copy of a notice of the
21commencement of the action. The clerk shall file with the secretary of
22administration 4 copies one copy of any judgments rendered or appeals taken in such
23cases. The notices or copies of judgments that are required under this section may
24also be filed by an officer or attorney of any party of interest. If any judgment has
25the effect of changing the municipal boundaries, the city or village clerk shall also

1file with the county clerk or board of election commissioners the report required by
2s. 5.15 (4) (b). The secretary of administration shall forward to the department of
3transportation 2 copies and to the department of revenue and the department of
4administration
one copy each of any notice of action or judgment filed with the
5secretary of administration under this section.
AB68,1134 6Section 1134. 66.0301 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,791,237 66.0301 (1) (a) Except as provided in pars. (b) and (c), in this section,
8“municipality" means the state or any department or agency thereof, or any city,
9village, town, county, or school district, the opportunity schools and partnership
10programs under subch. IX of ch. 115 and subch. II of ch. 119, the superintendent of
11schools opportunity schools and partnership program under s. 119.33,
or any public
12library system, public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district, sanitary
13district, farm drainage district, metropolitan sewerage district, sewer utility district,
14solid waste management system created under s. 59.70 (2), local exposition district
15created under subch. II of ch. 229, local professional baseball park district created
16under subch. III of ch. 229, local professional football stadium district created under
17subch. IV of ch. 229, local cultural arts district created under subch. V of ch. 229,
18long-term care district under s. 46.2895, water utility district, mosquito control
19district, municipal electric company, county or city transit commission, commission
20created by contract under this section, taxation district, regional planning
21commission, housing authority created under s. 66.1201, redevelopment authority
22created under s. 66.1333, community development authority created under s.
2366.1335, or city-county health department.
AB68,1135 24Section 1135. 66.0408 (2) (d) of the statutes is repealed.
AB68,1136 25Section 1136 . 66.04185 of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,792,4
166.04185 Cultivation of tetrahydrocannabinols. No city, village, town, or
2county may prohibit cultivating tetrahydrocannabinols outdoors if the cultivation is
3by an individual who has no more than 6 marijuana plants at one time for his or her
4personal use.
AB68,1137 5Section 1137. 66.0419 (4) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,792,86 66.0419 (4) If a political subdivision has been granted an exemption under s.
7287.16, the political subdivision is exempt from the prohibition under sub. (2) to the
8extent authorized by the exemption.
AB68,1138 9Section 1138 . 66.0422 (1) (cg) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,792,1210 66.0422 (1) (cg) “Underserved area" means an area of this state that is
11designated as an underserved area by the public service commission under s. 196.504
12(2) (d).
AB68,1139 13Section 1139 . 66.0422 (1) (cr) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,792,1514 66.0422 (1) (cr) “Unserved area” means an area of this state that is designated
15as an unserved area by the public service commission under s. 196.504 (2) (e).
AB68,1140 16Section 1140 . 66.0422 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,793,217 66.0422 (2) (c) No less than 30 days before the public hearing, the local
18government prepares and makes available for public inspection a report estimating
19the total costs of, and revenues derived from, constructing, owning, or operating the
20facility and including a cost-benefit analysis of the facility for a period of at least 3
21years. The costs that are subject to this paragraph include personnel costs and costs
22of acquiring, installing, maintaining, repairing, or operating any plant or
23equipment, and include an appropriate allocated portion of costs of personnel, plant,
24or equipment that are used to provide jointly both telecommunications services and

1other services. This paragraph does not apply to a broadband facility that is intended
2to serve an underserved or unserved area.
AB68,1141 3Section 1141. 66.0422 (3d) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,793,124 66.0422 (3d) (intro.) Subsection (2) does not apply to a facility for providing
5broadband service to an area within the boundaries of a local government if the local
6government asks, in writing, each person that provides broadband service within the
7boundaries of the local government whether the person currently provides
8broadband service to the area and, if the area is not an underserved or unserved area,
9whether the person intends to provide broadband service to the area within 9
10months, or, if the area is an underserved or unserved area, whether the person
11actively plans to provide broadband service to the area within 3 months and
any of
12the following are satisfied:
AB68,1142 13Section 1142. 66.0422 (3d) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,793,2114 66.0422 (3d) (a) The local government asks, in writing, each person that
15provides broadband service within the boundaries of the local government whether
16the person currently provides broadband service to the area or intends to provide
17broadband service within 9 months to the area and within 60 days after receiving the
18written request no person responds in writing to the
The local government does not
19receive a response in writing
that the a person currently provides broadband service
20to the area or intends or actively plans to provide broadband service to the area
21within 9 months the relevant time period.
AB68,1143 22Section 1143. 66.0422 (3d) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,794,223 66.0422 (3d) (b) The local government determines that a person who responded
24to a written request under par. (a) that the person currently provides broadband

1service to the area did not actually provide broadband service to the area and no other
2person makes the response responds to the local government described in par. (a).
AB68,1144 3Section 1144. 66.0422 (3d) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,794,94 66.0422 (3d) (c) The local government determines that a person who responded
5to a written request under par. (a) that the person intended or actively planned to
6provide broadband service to the area within 9 months the relevant time period did
7not actually provide broadband service to the area within 9 months the relevant time
8period
and no other person makes the response responds to the local government
9described in par. (a).
AB68,1145 10Section 1145 . 66.0422 (3m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,794,1311 66.0422 (3m) (b) The municipality itself does not use the facility to provide
12broadband service to end users. This paragraph does not apply to a facility that is
13intended to serve an underserved or unserved area.
AB68,1146 14Section 1146 . 66.0422 (3m) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,794,1915 66.0422 (3m) (c) The municipality determines that, at the time that the
16municipality authorizes the construction, ownership, or operation of the facility,
17whichever occurs first, the facility does not compete with more than one provider of
18broadband service. This paragraph does not apply to a facility that is intended to
19serve an underserved or unserved area.
AB68,1147 20Section 1147 . 66.0501 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 66.0501 (1) (a) and
21amended to read:
AB68,794,2522 66.0501 (1) (a) No Except as provided in par. (b), no person may be appointed
23deputy sheriff of any county or police officer for any city, village , or town unless that
24person is a citizen of the United States. This section does not apply to common
25carriers or to a deputy sheriff not required to take an oath of office.
AB68,1148
1Section 1148. 66.0501 (1) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,795,62 66.0501 (1) (b) The sheriff of a county or the appointing authority of a local law
3enforcement agency that provides police service to a city, village, or town may elect
4to authorize the appointment of noncitizens who are in receipt of valid employment
5authorization from the federal department of homeland security as deputy sheriffs
6for that county or as police officers for that city, village, or town.
AB68,1149 7Section 1149. 66.0509 (1m) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,795,98 66.0509 (1m) (c) 1. A grievance procedure that addresses employee
9terminations, employee discipline, and workplace safety.
AB68,1150 10Section 1150. 66.0509 (1m) (c) 2. of the statutes is repealed and recreated to
11read:
AB68,795,1312 66.0509 (1m) (c) 2. A just cause standard of review for employee terminations,
13including a refusal to renew a teaching contract under s. 118.22.
AB68,1151 14Section 1151. 66.0509 (1m) (c) 3. of the statutes is repealed.
AB68,1152 15Section 1152. 66.0509 (1m) (d) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,795,1716 66.0509 (1m) (d) 2. A hearing before an impartial hearing officer from the
17employment relations commission
.
AB68,1153 18Section 1153. 66.0509 (1m) (d) 4. and 5. of the statutes are created to read:
AB68,795,2019 66.0509 (1m) (d) 4. A provision indicating that the grievant shall be entitled
20to representation throughout the grievance process.
AB68,795,2321 5. A provision indicating that the employer shall bear all fees and costs
22associated with the grievance process, except for the grievant's representational fees
23and costs.
AB68,1154 24Section 1154. 66.0511 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 66.0511 (1) (intro.) and
25amended to read:
AB68,796,1
166.0511 (1) Definition Definitions. (intro.) In this section, “law:
AB68,796,2 2(b) “Law enforcement agency" has the meaning given under s. 165.83 (1) (b).
AB68,1155 3Section 1155. 66.0511 (1) (a) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,796,64 66.0511 (1) (a) “Choke hold” means the intentional and prolonged application
5of force to the throat or windpipe that prevents or hinders breathing or reduces the
6intake of air.
AB68,1156 7Section 1156. 66.0511 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 66.0511 (2) (intro.) and
8amended to read:
AB68,796,199 66.0511 (2) Use of force policy. (intro.) Each person in charge of a law
10enforcement agency shall prepare in writing and make available for public scrutiny
11a policy or standard regulating the use of force by law enforcement officers in the
12performance of their duties. The law enforcement agency shall make the policy
13publicly available on a website maintained by the law enforcement agency or, if the
14agency does not maintain its own site, on a website maintained by the municipality
15over which the law enforcement agency has jurisdiction. The law enforcement
16agency shall provide in its policy the instances in which a use of force must be
17reported, how to report a use of force, and a requirement that officers who engage in
18or observe a reportable use of force report it. Each policy or standard shall
19incorporate the following principles:
AB68,1157 20Section 1157. 66.0511 (2) (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f) and (4) of the statutes are
21created to read:
AB68,796,2322 66.0511 (2) (a) That the primary duty of all law enforcement is to preserve the
23life of all individuals.
AB68,796,2424 (b) That deadly force is to be used only as a last resort.
AB68,796,2525 (c) That the use of choke holds by law enforcement officers is prohibited.
AB68,797,2
1(d) That officers should use skills and tactics, including de-escalation tactics,
2that minimize the likelihood that force will become necessary.
AB68,797,43 (e) That, if law enforcement officers must use physical force, it should be the
4least amount of force necessary to safely address the threat.
AB68,797,65 (f) That law enforcement officers shall take reasonable action to stop or prevent
6any unreasonable use of force by their colleagues.
AB68,797,15 7(4) Whistleblower protections. No law enforcement officer may be
8discharged, disciplined, demoted, or denied promotion, transfer, or reassignment, or
9otherwise discriminated against in regard to employment, or threatened with any
10such treatment, because the law enforcement officer reported, or is believed to have
11reported, any violation of a policy under sub. (2); initiated, participated in, or testified
12in, or is believed to have initiated, participated in, or testified in, any action or
13proceeding regarding a violation of a policy under sub. (2); or provided any
14information, or is believed to have provided any information, about a violation of a
15policy under sub. (2).
AB68,1158 16Section 1158. 66.0602 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,797,2017 66.0602 (1) (d) “Valuation factor" means a percentage equal to the greater of
18either the percentage change in the political subdivision's January 1 equalized value
19due to new construction less improvements removed between the previous year and
20the current or zero 2 percent.
AB68,1159 21Section 1159. 66.0602 (2m) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 66.0602 (2m).
AB68,1160 22Section 1160. 66.0602 (2m) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
AB68,1161 23Section 1161. 66.0602 (3) (a) of the statutes is repealed.
AB68,1162 24Section 1162. 66.0602 (3) (e) 10. of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,798,3
166.0602 (3) (e) 10. The amount that a political subdivision levies in that year
2to pay for the political subdivision's share of a regional planning commission's budget
3as charged by the commission under s. 66.0309 (14) (a) to (c).
AB68,1163 4Section 1163 . 66.0602 (3) (p) of the statutes is created to read:
AB68,798,125 66.0602 (3) (p) 1. Subject to subd. 2., the limit otherwise applicable under this
6section does not apply to the amount that a political subdivision levies in that year
7for operating and capital costs directly related to the provision of new or enhanced
8transit services across adjacent county borders or across adjacent municipal borders.
9For costs to be eligible for the exception under this paragraph, the starting date for
10the new or enhanced transit services must be on or after the effective date of this
11subdivision .... [LRB inserts date], and the costs to which the levy applies must be
12described in the agreement under subd. 2.
AB68,798,1413 2. A political subdivision may not use the exception under this paragraph
14unless all of the following apply:
AB68,798,1815 a. The political subdivisions between which the new or enhanced transit routes
16operate have entered into an intergovernmental cooperation agreement under s.
1766.0301 to provide for the new or enhanced transit services. The agreement shall
18describe the services and the amounts that must be levied to pay for those services.
AB68,798,2419 b. The agreement described in subd. 2. a. is approved in a referendum, by the
20electors in each political subdivision that is a party to the agreement, to be held at
21the next succeeding spring primary or election or partisan primary or general
22election to be held not earlier than 70 days after the adoption of the agreement by
23all of the parties to the agreement. The governing body shall file the resolution to
24be submitted to the electors as provided in s. 8.37.
AB68,1164 25Section 1164. 66.0615 (1m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB68,799,16
166.0615 (1m) (a) The governing body of a municipality may enact an ordinance,
2and a district, under par. (e) or (em), may adopt a resolution, imposing a tax on the
3privilege of furnishing, at retail, except sales for resale, rooms or lodging to
4transients by hotelkeepers, motel operators, lodging marketplaces, owners of
5short-term rentals, and other persons furnishing accommodations that are available
6to the public, irrespective of whether membership is required for use of the
7accommodations. A tax imposed under this paragraph may be collected from the
8consumer or user, but may not be imposed on sales to the federal government and
9persons listed under s. 77.54 (9a). A tax imposed under this paragraph by a
10municipality shall be paid to the municipality and, with regard to any tax revenue
11that may not be retained by the municipality, shall be forwarded to a tourism entity
12or a commission if one is created under par. (c), as provided in par. (d). Except as
13provided in par. (am), a tax imposed under this paragraph by a municipality may not
14exceed 8 percent. Except as provided in par. (am), if a tax greater than 8 percent
15under this paragraph is in effect on May 13, 1994, the municipality imposing the tax
16shall reduce the tax to 8 percent, effective on June 1, 1994.
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