SB45-SSA2-SA5,14,17727.019 (10) Acquisition of land. Any county in which there does not exist a 8county park commission acting through its rural planning committee may acquire 9by gift, grant, devise, donation, purchase, condemnation or otherwise, with the 10consent of the county board, a sufficient tract or tracts of land for the reservation for 11public use of river fronts, lake shores, picnic groves, outlook points from hilltops, 12places of special historic interest, memorial grounds, parks, playgrounds, sites for 13public buildings, and reservations in and about and along and leading to any or all 14of the same, and to develop and maintain the same for public use. The power of 15condemnation may not be used for the purpose of establishing or extending a 16recreational trail; a bicycle way, as defined in s. 340.01 (5s); a bicycle lane, as 17defined in s. 340.01 (5e); or a pedestrian way, as defined in s. 346.02 (8) (a). SB45-SSA2-SA5,15,51927.05 (3) Acquire, in the name of the county, by purchase, land contract, lease, 20condemnation, or otherwise, with the approval and consent of the county board, 21such tracts of land or public ways as it deems suitable for park purposes; including 22lands in any other county not more than three-fourths of a mile from the county 23line; but no land so acquired shall be disposed of by the county without the consent
1of said commission, and all moneys received for any such lands, or any materials, so 2disposed of, shall be paid into the county park fund hereinafter established. The 3power of condemnation may not be used for the purpose of establishing or extending 4a recreational trail; a bicycle way, as defined in s. 340.01 (5s); a bicycle lane, as 5defined in s. 340.01 (5e); or a pedestrian way, as defined in s. 346.02 (8) (a). SB45-SSA2-SA5,16,2727.065 (1) (a) The county board of any county which shall have adopted a 8county system of parks or a county system of streets and parkways, pursuant to s. 927.04, may acquire the lands necessary for carrying out all or part of such plan by 10gift, purchase, condemnation or otherwise; provided, however, that no lands shall 11be acquired by condemnation unless and until the common council of the city or the 12board of trustees of the village or the board of supervisors of the town wherein such 13land is situated shall consent thereto. The power of condemnation may not be used 14for the purpose of establishing or extending a recreational trail; a bicycle way, as 15defined in s. 340.01 (5s); a bicycle lane, as defined in s. 340.01 (5e); or a pedestrian 16way, as defined in s. 346.02 (8) (a). The cost of acquiring such lands by purchase or 17condemnation may be paid in whole or in part by the county or by the property to be 18benefited thereby, as the county board shall direct but in no case shall the amount 19assessed to any parcel of real estate exceed the benefits accruing thereto; provided, 20that no assessment for paying the cost of acquiring lands may be levied or collected 21against the property to be benefited until the governing body of the city, village or 22town where such lands are located has by resolution determined that the public
1welfare will be promoted thereby. Title to all lands acquired hereunder shall be an 2estate in fee simple. SB45-SSA2-SA5,16,17427.08 (2) (b) To acquire in the name of the city for park, parkway, boulevard or 5pleasure drive purposes by gift, devise, bequest or condemnation, either absolutely 6or in trust, money, real or personal property, or any incorporeal right or privilege; 7except that no lands may be acquired by condemnation for the purpose of 8establishing or extending a recreational trail; a bicycle way, as defined in s. 340.01 9(5s); a bicycle lane, as defined in s. 340.01 (5e); or a pedestrian way, as defined in s. 10346.02 (8) (a). Gifts to any city of money or other property, real or personal, either 11absolutely or in trust, for park, parkway, boulevard or pleasure drive purposes shall 12be accepted only after they shall have been recommended by the board to the 13common council and approved by said council by resolution. Subject to the approval 14of the common council the board may execute every trust imposed upon the use of 15property or property rights by the deed, testament or other conveyance transferring 16the title of such property to the city for park, parkway, boulevard or pleasure drive 17purposes. SB45-SSA2-SA5,17,61927.08 (2) (c) Subject to the approval of the common council to buy or lease 20lands in the name of the city for park, parkway, boulevard or pleasure drive 21purposes within or without the city and, with the approval of the common council, 22to sell or exchange property no longer required for its purposes. Every city is 23authorized, upon recommendation of its officers, board or body having the control
1and management of its public parks, to acquire by condemnation in the name of the 2city such lands within or without its corporate boundaries as it may need for public 3parks, parkways, boulevards and pleasure drives. The power of condemnation may 4not be used for the purpose of establishing or extending a recreational trail; a 5bicycle way, as defined in s. 340.01 (5s); a bicycle lane, as defined in s. 340.01 (5e); or 6a pedestrian way, as defined in s. 346.02 (8) (a). SB45-SSA2-SA5,17,13932.02 (11) Any housing authority created under ss. 66.1201 to 66.1211; 10redevelopment authority created under s. 66.1333; community development 11authority created under s. 66.1335; local cultural arts district created under subch. 12V of ch. 229, subject to s. 229.844 (4) (c); or local exposition district created under 13subch. II of ch. 229; or transit authority created under s. 66.1039. SB45-SSA2-SA5,18,121532.05 (1) (a) Except as provided under par. (b), a county board of supervisors 16or a county highway committee when so authorized by the county board of 17supervisors, a city council, a village board, a town board, a sewerage commission 18governing a metropolitan sewerage district created by ss. 200.05 or 200.21 to 19200.65, the secretary of transportation, a commission created by contract under s. 2066.0301, a joint local water authority created by contract under s. 66.0823, a transit 21authority created under s. 66.1039, a housing authority under ss. 66.1201 to 2266.1211, a local exposition district created under subch. II of ch. 229, a local cultural 23arts district created under subch. V of ch. 229, a redevelopment authority under s.
166.1333 or a community development authority under s. 66.1335 shall make an 2order providing for the laying out, relocation and improvement of the public 3highway, street, alley, storm and sanitary sewers, watercourses, water transmission 4and distribution facilities, mass transit facilities, airport, or other transportation 5facilities, gas or leachate extraction systems to remedy environmental pollution 6from a solid waste disposal facility, housing project, redevelopment project, cultural 7arts facilities, exposition center or exposition center facilities which shall be known 8as the relocation order. This order shall include a map or plat showing the old and 9new locations and the lands and interests required. A copy of the order shall, 10within 20 days after its issue, be filed with the county clerk of the county wherein 11the lands are located or, in lieu of filing a copy of the order, a plat may be filed or 12recorded in accordance with s. 84.095. SB45-SSA2-SA5,19,21432.07 (2) The petitioner shall determine necessity if application is by the state 15or any commission, department, board or other branch of state government or by a 16city, village, town, county, school district, board, commission, public officer, 17commission created by contract under s. 66.0301, joint local water authority under 18s. 66.0823, transit authority created under s. 66.1039, redevelopment authority 19created under s. 66.1333, local exposition district created under subch. II of ch. 229, 20local cultural arts district created under subch. V of ch. 229, housing authority 21created under ss. 66.1201 to 66.1211 or for the right-of-way of a railroad up to 100 22feet in width, for a telegraph, telephone or other electric line, for the right-of-way for
1a gas pipeline, main or service or for easements for the construction of any elevated 2structure or subway for railroad purposes. SB45-SSA2-SA5,373Section 37. 32.51 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read: SB45-SSA2-SA5,19,6432.51 (1) Purposes. (intro.) In addition to the powers granted under subch. 5I and subject to the limitations under s. 32.015, any city may condemn or otherwise 6acquire property under this subchapter for: SB45-SSA2-SA5,19,17840.02 (28) “Employer” means the state, including each state agency, any 9county, city, village, town, school district, other governmental unit or 10instrumentality of 2 or more units of government now existing or hereafter created 11within the state, any federated public library system established under s. 43.19 12whose territory lies within a single county with a population of 750,000 or more, a 13local exposition district created under subch. II of ch. 229, a transit authority 14created under s. 66.1039, and a long-term care district created under s. 46.2895, 15except as provided under ss. 40.51 (7) and 40.61 (3). “Employer” does not include a 16local cultural arts district created under subch. V of ch. 229. Each employer shall be 17a separate legal jurisdiction for OASDHI purposes. SB45-SSA2-SA5,3918Section 39. 49.155 (1m) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read: SB45-SSA2-SA5,20,51949.155 (1m) Eligibility. (intro.) Except as provided in sub. (3g), the 20department shall determine, contract with a county department or agency to 21determine, or contract with a county department or agency to share determination 22of the eligibility of individuals residing in a particular geographic region or who are 23members of a particular Indian tribal unit for child care subsidies under this
1section. Under this section, and subject to sub. (2), an individual subsection and 2sub. (1p). A parent of a child receiving early intervention services under s. 51.44, 3may receive a subsidy for child care for a child who has not attained the age of 13 or, 4if the child is disabled, who has not attained the age of 19, under this subsection if 5the individual meets all of the following conditions are met: SB45-SSA2-SA5,406Section 40. 49.155 (1m) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read: SB45-SSA2-SA5,20,18749.155 (1m) (a) (intro.) Subject to sub. (2), the individual is a parent of a child 8who meets the requirement under s. 49.145 (2) (c) and who is under the age of 13 or, 9if the child is disabled, is under the age of 19; or is a relative who, under s. 48.57 10(3m) or (3n) or 48.62, is providing care and maintenance for a child who meets the 11requirement under s. 49.145 (2) (c) and who is under the age of 13 or, if the child is 12disabled, is under the age of 19; and child care services for that child are needed in 13order for the individual to participate in an approved activity. An individual who is 14eligible to receive a child care subsidy under this subsection shall remain eligible for 15that subsidy for a period of 3 months after the individual permanently ceases 16participation in the approved activity or until the department or the county 17department or agency redetermines the individual’s eligibility, whichever is earlier. 18In this paragraph, “approved activity” means any of the following: SB45-SSA2-SA5,4119Section 41. 49.155 (1m) (am) of the statutes is created to read: SB45-SSA2-SA5,20,202049.155 (1m) (am) The child meets the requirement under s. 49.145 (2) (c). SB45-SSA2-SA5,4221Section 42. 49.155 (1m) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read: SB45-SSA2-SA5,20,232249.155 (1m) (b) (intro.) Except as provided in par. (bm), the The individual 23meets the eligibility criteria under all of the following: SB45-SSA2-SA5,442Section 44. 49.155 (1m) (c) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read: SB45-SSA2-SA5,21,11349.155 (1m) (c) 1. (intro.) Except as provided in subds. 1d., 1g., 1h., 1m., 2., 4and 3., the gross income of the individual’s family is at or below 200 percent of the 5poverty line for a family the size of the individual’s family. In calculating the gross 6income of the family, the department or county department or agency determining 7eligibility shall include court-ordered child or family support payments received by 8the individual, if those support payments exceed $1,250 per month, and income 9described under s. 49.145 (3) (b) 1. and 3., except that, in calculating farm and self-10employment income, the department or county department or agency determining 11eligibility shall include the sum of the following: SB45-SSA2-SA5,4714Section 47. 49.155 (1m) (cm) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 49.155 15(1m) (cm) and amended to read: SB45-SSA2-SA5,21,181649.155 (1m) (cm) The total liquid assets of the individual’s family do not 17exceed $25,000. This paragraph does not apply if the individual is any of the 18following: SB45-SSA2-SA5,22,22349.155 (1p) Eligibility for parents of children receiving early 24intervention services. A parent of a child receiving early intervention services
1under s. 51.44 may receive a subsidy for child care under this subsection if all of the 2following conditions are met: SB45-SSA2-SA5,22,53(a) Subject to sub. (2), the child has not attained the age of 13 or, if the child is 4disabled, the child has not attained the age of 19, and child care is needed for the 5child. SB45-SSA2-SA5,22,66(b) The child meets the requirement under s. 49.145 (2) (c). SB45-SSA2-SA5,22,97(c) The child is immunized as required under s. 252.04. Notwithstanding s. 8252.04 (3), for purposes of this paragraph the immunization requirement may only 9be waived for reasons of health or religion. SB45-SSA2-SA5,22,151149.155 (2) Eligibility based on the child’s age. Notwithstanding sub. 12subs. (1m) (intro.) and (a) (intro.) and (1p) (a), an individual does not lose eligibility 13for a child care subsidy for a child who attains the age of 13 or, if the child is 14disabled, attains the age of 19 until the department or the county department or 15agency redetermines the individual’s eligibility. SB45-SSA2-SA5,5316Section 53. 49.155 (3m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read: SB45-SSA2-SA5,23,31749.155 (3m) (a) The department shall issue benefits directly to individuals 18who are eligible for subsidies under this section or pay or reimburse child care 19providers, county departments or agencies, or tribal governing bodies for child care 20services under this section. The department may also contract with and provide 21grants to private nonprofit agencies that provide child care for children of migrant 22workers. The department may pay or reimburse a Wisconsin Works agency for child 23care that the Wisconsin Works agency provides to the children of Wisconsin Works
1participants and applicants or that the Wisconsin Works agency arranges to meet 2immediate, short-term child care needs of participants prior to authorization of a 3subsidy under sub. (1m) or (1p). SB45-SSA2-SA5,23,17559.52 (6) (a) How acquired; purposes. Take and hold land acquired under ch. 675 and acquire, lease or rent property, real and personal, for public uses or purposes 7of any nature, including without limitation acquisitions for county buildings, 8airports, parks, recreation, highways, dam sites in parks, parkways and 9playgrounds, flowages, sewage and waste disposal for county institutions, lime pits 10for operation under s. 59.70 (24), equipment for clearing and draining land and 11controlling weeds for operation under s. 59.70 (18), ambulances, acquisition and 12transfer of real property to the state for new collegiate institutions or research 13facilities, and for transfer to the state for state parks and for the uses and purposes 14specified in s. 23.09 (2) (d). The power of condemnation may not be used to acquire 15property for the purpose of establishing or extending a recreational trail; a bicycle 16way, as defined in s. 340.01 (5s); a bicycle lane, as defined in s. 340.01 (5e); or a 17pedestrian way, as defined in s. 346.02 (8) (a). SB45-SSA2-SA5,5518Section 55. 60.782 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read: SB45-SSA2-SA5,24,21960.782 (2) (d) Lease or acquire, including by condemnation, any real property 20situated in this state that may be needed for the purposes of s. 23.09 (19), 23.094 21(3g) or 30.275 (4). The power of condemnation may not used to acquire property for 22the purpose of establishing or extending a recreational trail; a bicycle way, as
1defined in s. 340.01 (5s); a bicycle lane, as defined in s. 340.01 (5e); or a pedestrian 2way, as defined in s. 346.02 (8) (a). SB45-SSA2-SA5,563Section 56. 61.34 (3) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 61.34 (3) and 4amended to read: SB45-SSA2-SA5,24,14561.34 (3) Acquisition and disposal of property. Except as provided in par. 6(b), the The village board may acquire property, real or personal, within or outside 7the village, for parks, libraries, recreation, beautification, streets, water systems, 8sewage or waste disposal, harbors, improvement of watercourses, public grounds, 9vehicle parking areas, and for any other public purpose; may acquire real property 10within or contiguous to the village, by means other than condemnation, for 11industrial sites; may improve and beautify the same; may construct, own, lease and 12maintain buildings on such property for instruction, recreation, amusement and 13other public purposes; and may sell and convey such property. Condemnation shall 14be as provided by ch. 32. SB45-SSA2-SA5,5816Section 58. 62.22 (1) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 62.22 (1) and 17amended to read: SB45-SSA2-SA5,25,31862.22 (1) Purposes. Except as provided in par. (b), the The governing body of 19any city may by gift, purchase or condemnation acquire property, real or personal, 20within or outside the city, for parks, recreation, water systems, sewage or waste 21disposal, airports or approaches thereto, cemeteries, vehicle parking areas, and for 22any other public purpose; may acquire real property within or contiguous to the 23city, by means other than condemnation, for industrial sites; may improve and
1beautify the same; may construct, own, lease and maintain buildings on such 2property for public purposes; and may sell and convey such property. The power of 3condemnation for any such purpose shall be as provided by ch. 32. SB45-SSA2-SA5,605Section 60. 62.23 (17) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read: SB45-SSA2-SA5,25,12662.23 (17) (a) (intro.) Except as provided in par. (am), cities Cities may acquire 7by gift, lease, purchase, or condemnation any lands within its corporate limits for 8establishing, laying out, widening, enlarging, extending, and maintaining 9memorial grounds, streets, squares, parkways, boulevards, parks, playgrounds, 10sites for public buildings, and reservations in and about and along and leading to 11any or all of the same or any lands adjoining or near to such city for use, sublease, or 12sale for any of the following purposes: SB45-SSA2-SA5,6214Section 62. 66.0301 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read: SB45-SSA2-SA5,26,91566.0301 (1) (a) Except as provided in pars. (b) and (c), in this section 16“municipality” means the state or any department or agency thereof, or any city, 17village, town, county, or school district, the opportunity schools and partnership 18programs under subch. IX of ch. 115 and subch. II of ch. 119, the superintendent of 19schools opportunity schools and partnership program under s. 119.33, or any public 20library system, public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district, sanitary 21district, farm drainage district, metropolitan sewerage district, sewer utility 22district, solid waste management system created under s. 59.70 (2), local exposition 23district created under subch. II of ch. 229, local professional baseball park district
1created under subch. III of ch. 229, local professional football stadium district 2created under subch. IV of ch. 229, local cultural arts district created under subch. 3V of ch. 229, transit authority created under s. 66.1039, long-term care district 4under s. 46.2895, water utility district, mosquito control district, municipal electric 5company, county or city transit commission, commission created by contract under 6this section, taxation district, regional planning commission, housing authority 7created under s. 66.1201, redevelopment authority created under s. 66.1333, 8community development authority created under s. 66.1335, or city-county health 9department. SB45-SSA2-SA5,26,111166.1039 Transit authorities. (1) Definitions. In this section: SB45-SSA2-SA5,26,1212(a) “Authority” means a transit authority created under this section. SB45-SSA2-SA5,26,1413(b) “Bonds” means any bonds, interim certificates, notes, debentures, or other 14obligations of an authority issued under this section. SB45-SSA2-SA5,26,1515(c) “Common carrier” means any of the following: SB45-SSA2-SA5,26,16161. A common motor carrier, as defined in s. 194.01 (1). SB45-SSA2-SA5,26,17172. A contract motor carrier, as defined in s. 194.01 (2). SB45-SSA2-SA5,26,18183. A railroad subject to ch. 195, as described in s. 195.02 (1) and (3). SB45-SSA2-SA5,26,19194. A water carrier, as defined in s. 195.02 (5). SB45-SSA2-SA5,27,220(d) “Comprehensive unified local transportation system” means a 21transportation system that is comprised of motor bus lines and any other local 22public transportation facilities, the major portion of which is located within, or the
1major portion of the service of which is supplied to the inhabitants of, the 2jurisdictional area of the authority. SB45-SSA2-SA5,27,43(em) “Metropolitan area” means a metropolitan statistical area as designated 4by the U.S. office of management and budget. SB45-SSA2-SA5,27,55(f) “Municipality” means any city, village, or town. SB45-SSA2-SA5,27,86(g) “Participating political subdivision” means a political subdivision that is a 7member of an authority, either from the time of creation of the authority or by later 8joining the authority. SB45-SSA2-SA5,27,99(h) “Political subdivision” means a municipality or county. SB45-SSA2-SA5,27,1910(i) “Transportation system” means all land, shops, structures, equipment, 11property, franchises, and rights of whatever nature required for transportation of 12passengers within the jurisdictional area of the authority and, only to the extent 13specifically authorized under this section, outside the jurisdictional area of the 14authority. “Transportation system” includes elevated railroads, subways, 15underground railroads, motor vehicles, motor buses, and any combination thereof, 16and any other form of mass transportation, but does not include transportation 17excluded from the definition of “common motor carrier” under s. 194.01 (1) or 18charter or contract operations to, from, or between points that are outside the 19jurisdictional area of the authority. SB45-SSA2-SA5,28,720(2) Creation of transit authorities. (f) Statewide regional transit 21authorities. 1. Any 2 or more political subdivisions located within the same 22metropolitan area may jointly create a transit authority that is a public body 23corporate and politic and a separate governmental entity and that is known by a
1name that includes the words “regional transit authority,” if the governing body of 2each political subdivision adopts a resolution authorizing the political subdivision 3to become a member of the authority and all the resolutions are identical to each 4other. Except as provided in subd. 2. and sub. (13), once created, the members of the 5authority shall consist of all political subdivisions that adopt resolutions, as 6provided in this subdivision. Once created, the authority may transact business 7and exercise any powers granted to it under this section. SB45-SSA2-SA5,28,1382. After an authority is created under subd. 1., any political subdivision 9located in whole or in part within a metropolitan area located in whole or in part 10within an authority’s jurisdiction may join the authority if the governing body of 11the political subdivision adopts a resolution identical to the existing resolutions of 12the authority’s participating political subdivisions and the authority’s board of 13directors approves the political subdivision’s joinder. SB45-SSA2-SA5,28,16143. The jurisdictional area of an authority created under this paragraph is the 15geographic area formed by the combined territorial boundaries of all participating 16political subdivisions of the authority. SB45-SSA2-SA5,28,2317(3) Transit authority governance. (a) The powers of an authority shall be 18vested in its board of directors. Directors shall be appointed for 4-year terms. A 19majority of the board of directors’ full authorized membership constitutes a quorum 20for the purpose of conducting the authority’s business and exercising its powers. 21Action may be taken by the board of directors upon a vote of a majority of the 22directors present and voting, unless the bylaws of the authority require a larger 23number. SB45-SSA2-SA5,29,2
1(fm) The board of directors of an authority created under sub. (2) (f) consists of 2the following members: SB45-SSA2-SA5,29,731. One member from each participating political subdivision that is a county, 4appointed by the county executive of each county and approved by the county board 5except that, if the county does not have an elected county executive, the member 6shall be appointed by the county board chairperson and approved by the county 7board. SB45-SSA2-SA5,29,1282. One member from each of the two participating political subdivisions that 9are municipalities, if any, having the highest population, appointed by the mayor 10and approved by the common council or appointed by the village president and 11approved by the village board or appointed by the town board chairperson and 12approved by the town board, as applicable. SB45-SSA2-SA5,29,13133. One member appointed by the governor. SB45-SSA2-SA5,29,22144. Not more than 2 members from participating political subdivisions that are 15municipalities other than those identified under subd. 2., appointed by the mayor 16and approved by the common council or appointed by the village president and 17approved by the village board or appointed by the town board chairperson and 18approved by the town board, as applicable. If the authority opts to include members 19under this subdivision on the board of directors, the bylaws of the authority shall 20include a provision specifying a method by which the members appointed under 21this subdivision shall rotate among the participating political subdivisions not 22entitled to make an appointment under subd. 2. SB45-SSA2-SA5,30,223(g) The bylaws of an authority shall govern its management, operations, and
1administration, consistent with the provisions of this section, and shall include 2provisions specifying all of the following: SB45-SSA2-SA5,30,331. The functions or services to be provided by the authority. SB45-SSA2-SA5,30,442. The powers, duties, and limitations of the authority.
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