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2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 60 - Towns.
SUBCHAPTER I
DEFINITIONS SUBCHAPTER II
LEGAL STATUS; ORGANIZATION
TOWN MEETING
TOWN BOARD
TOWN OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
FINANCE
PUBLIC WORKS AND PUBLIC SAFETY
LAND USE AND PLANNING
TOWN SANITARY DISTRICTS
MISCELLANEOUS
DEFINITIONS SUBCHAPTER II
LEGAL STATUS; ORGANIZATION
- 60.01 - Legal status; general powers.
- 60.03 - Division and dissolution of towns generally.
- 60.05 - Organization of towns in special cases.
- 60.06 - Validity of attachment or detachment.
- 60.065 - Change of town name.
- 60.07 - Delivery of papers to clerk of new town.
- 60.09 - When a county constitutes a town.
TOWN MEETING
- 60.10 - Powers of town meeting.
- 60.11 - Annual town meeting.
- 60.12 - Special town meetings.
- 60.13 - Presiding officer.
- 60.14 - Procedure.
- 60.15 - Clerk.
- 60.16 - First town meeting in new towns.
TOWN BOARD
- 60.20 - Town board.
- 60.21 - Town board, increased size authorized.
- 60.22 - General powers and duties.
- 60.23 - Miscellaneous powers.
- 60.24 - Powers and duties of town board chairperson.
TOWN OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
- 60.30 - Election, appointment of town officers; general provisions.
- 60.305 - Combined and part-time offices.
- 60.307 - Appointment of town assessors.
- 60.31 - Official oath and bond.
- 60.32 - Compensation of elective town offices.
- 60.321 - Reimbursement of expenses.
- 60.323 - Compensation when acting in more than one official capacity.
- 60.33 - Duties of town clerk.
- 60.331 - Deputy town clerk.
- 60.34 - Duties of town treasurer.
- 60.341 - Deputy town treasurer.
- 60.35 - Duties of town constable.
- 60.351 - Town constable fees.
- 60.36 - Municipal judge.
- 60.37 - Town employees.
FINANCE
- 60.40 - Preparation and adoption of budget.
- 60.41 - Annual financial statement.
- 60.42 - Finance book.
- 60.43 - Financial audits.
- 60.44 - Claims against town.
- 60.45 - Disbursements from town treasury.
- 60.46 - Public depository.
- 60.47 - Public contracts and competitive bidding.
PUBLIC WORKS AND PUBLIC SAFETY
- 60.50 - Public works.
- 60.52 - Sewer and water systems of adjoining municipality.
- 60.53 - Service pipes and laterals.
- 60.54 - Solid waste transportation.
- 60.55 - Fire protection.
- 60.553 - Combined protective services.
- 60.555 - Fire safety regulations.
- 60.557 - Reimbursement for fire calls on highways.
- 60.56 - Law enforcement.
- 60.563 - Rewards for crime information.
- 60.565 - Ambulance service.
- 60.57 - Police and fire commission.
LAND USE AND PLANNING
- 60.61 - General zoning authority.
- 60.62 - Zoning authority if exercising village powers.
- 60.625 - Required notice on certain approvals.
- 60.627 - Town construction site erosion control and storm water management zoning.
- 60.63 - Community and other living arrangements.
- 60.635 - Environmental protection; interstate hazardous liquid pipelines.
- 60.64 - Historic preservation.
- 60.65 - Board of adjustment.
- 60.66 - Town park commission.
TOWN SANITARY DISTRICTS
- 60.70 - Definitions.
- 60.71 - Creation of town sanitary district by town board order.
- 60.72 - Creation of town sanitary district by order of the department of natural resources.
- 60.726 - Property with private on-site wastewater treatment system included.
- 60.73 - Review of orders creating town sanitary districts.
- 60.74 - Commissioners; method of selection.
- 60.75 - Commissioners; requirements.
- 60.76 - Organization of the commission.
- 60.77 - Powers and duties.
- 60.78 - Powers to borrow money and issue municipal obligations.
- 60.782 - Power to act as a public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district.
- 60.785 - Changes in district boundaries.
- 60.79 - Alteration of town sanitary districts.
MISCELLANEOUS
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