2017 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 27. Public parks and places of recreation.
27.06 Mill-tax appropriation.
27.06 Mill-tax appropriation. The county board may annually, at the same time that other county taxes are levied, levy a tax upon the taxable property of such county for the purchase of land and the payment of expenses incurred in carrying on the work of the park commission. In every county having a population of 500,000 or more, the county park commission shall be subject to s. 59.60.
The mill annual tax levy limitations set forth in s. 27.06 apply when county parks are operated by a county park commission, pursuant to s. 27.02, et seq., or a county board committee to which the functions and duties of such commission have been transferred but not where county parks are operated under the express provisions of s. 27.015 (now 27.019). Annual taxes levied to pay principal and interest on county indebtedness incurred under ch. 67 for park purposes must be included within the mill limitation set forth in s. 27.06. Proceeds from the sale of part of a county park may be used for capital improvements in county parks in addition to a maximum annual levy under s. 27.06. 60 Atty. Gen. 124.
