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Municipal Power and Water Districts (Wisconsin Statutes: Chapter 198)

País/Territorio
Estados Unidos de América
Subdivisión territorial
Wisconsin
Tipo de documento
Legislación
Fecha
2019
Fuente
FAO, FAOLEX
Materia
Agua
Palabra clave
Gobierno local Manejo de recursos hídricos Gobernanza Cuestiones de procedimiento Participación pública Derechos de agua Abastecimiento de agua
Área geográphica
Americas, Ártico, Pacífico Oriental, América del Norte, Atlántico Norte
Resumen

This chapter of the Wisconsin Statutes concerns municipal power and water districts. It provides a municipal power district may be created as provided in this chapter and when so created shall be considered a municipal corporation and may exercise the powers granted in this chapter. Any 2 or more municipalities, whether contiguous or otherwise or in the same or different counties, may organize and incorporate as a municipal power district. No municipality may be divided in the formation of a municipal power district, and no municipality shall be included in a municipal power district unless approved by a majority of the votes cast in that municipality at an election under s. 198.06 on the proposition of whether a district should be created. The chapter further provides for procedure for organizing district and initiation; procedure for organizing district; subdistricts, boundaries; referendum the board of directors, boundaries; directors; vacancies, declared, filled; taxation; compensation and expenses of directors; corporate powers of district; acquisition of private utilities; dissolution of power district; powers of district board; district legislature, ordinances, officers; board procedure; general manager; district clerk, treasurer, attorney, duties; certified public accountant and annual report; eminent domain procedure; district bonds; annexation of territory; consolidation of districts; district obligations inviolate; and municipal water districts.

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Página web
docs.legis.wisconsin.gov