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

Pays/Territoire
États-Unis d'Amérique
Sous-division territoriale
Wisconsin
Type du document
Législation
Date
2019
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Sujet
Eau
Mot clé
Collectivité locale Gestion des resources en eau douce Gouvernance Questions de procédures Participation du public Droits d'utilisation de l'eau Approvisionnement en eau
Aire géographique
Amériques, Arctique, Pacifique du Est, Amérique du Nord, Atlantique Nord
Résumé

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.

Texte intégral
Anglais
Site web
docs.legis.wisconsin.gov