ATCP 48.46(1)(1) Orders. A county drainage board secretary and the county zoning administrator shall maintain in perpetuity a copy of every order of the circuit court or the county drainage board that does any of the following:

ATCP 48.46(1)(a)(a) Creates, modifies, suspends or dissolves a drainage district. The record shall include maps or descriptions showing the district boundaries affected by the order.

ATCP 48.46(1)(b)(b) Approves the construction, enlargement, extension or modification of a district drain. The record shall include any information describing cross-sections, grade profiles and alignments of drains affected by the order.

ATCP 48.46(1)(c)(c) Confirms or orders an assessment, supplemental assessment or reassessment of benefits, damages or costs to landowners in a drainage district.

ATCP 48.46 NoteNote: Under s. 88.19 (4) to (7), Stats., the department may determine the records required to be preserved regarding drainage districts.

ATCP 48.46(2)(2) Drainage district specifications. A county drainage board shall have on file, at all times, drainage district specifications established by court order, or by the county drainage board under s. ATCP 48.20 or 48.21. Specifications shall include all existing specifications designating any of the following:

ATCP 48.46(4)(4) Reports. A county drainage board secretary shall keep, for at least 10 years, a copy of every inspection report filed with the department under subchapter III, and every annual report filed with the county zoning administrator under s. 88.24, Stats. A county zoning administrator shall keep, for at least 10 years, a copy of every annual report filed under s. 88.24, Stats.

ATCP 48.46(5)(5) Minutes of meetings. A county drainage board secretary shall prepare minutes of the following meetings, and shall keep those minutes for at least 10 years:

ATCP 48.46 NoteNote: Under county law or policy, a county drainage board may be required to retain the minutes of meetings for more than 10 years.

ATCP 48.46(6)(6) Construction and restoration records. A county drainage board secretary shall keep a copy of every request for approval filed with the department under s. ATCP 48.36, and every approval or disapproval issued by the department under s. ATCP 48.38. Records under this subsection pertaining to each drainage district shall be retained for at least the life of that drainage district.

ATCP 48.46 HistoryHistory: Cr. Register, June, 1995, No. 474, eff. 7-1-95; am. (1) (b), cr. (1) (d), r. and recr. (2), r. (3), Register, August, 1999, No. 524, eff. 9-1-99.

ATCP 48.48(1)(1) Records organized and accessible. Records required under s. ATCP 48.46 shall be organized by drainage district, and shall be readily accessible for inspection.

ATCP 48.48(2)(2) Destruction of records; notice. A county drainage board shall notify the department and the state historical society in writing at least 60 days before the county drainage board destroys any record identified under s. ATCP 48.46. The department or the state historical society may take custody of any records proposed for destruction.

ATCP 48.48(3)(3) Department may inspect records and obtain copies. The department may inspect and copy any drainage district record kept by a county drainage board, or by any person in this state, including any record required under s. ATCP 48.46. A county drainage board shall, at the department’s request, allow the department to copy any drainage record kept by a county drainage board, including any record kept under s. ATCP 48.46. The department shall retain a copy of any record obtained under this subsection and shall deliver a copy to the county zoning administrator.

ATCP 48.48(4)(4) Filing records with department and county zoning administrator. The secretary of the county drainage board shall provide a copy of drainage board records under s. ATCP 48.46 (1) to (4) that are created after July 1, 1995 to the department and the county zoning administrator.