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(1) Department of administration. (a) In counties with a population of 750,000 or more, the county may create a department of administration, provide for the appointment by the county executive of a director of such department and assign such administrative functions to the department as it considers appropriate, subject to the limitations of this paragraph. No such function shall be assigned to the department where the performance of the same by some other county office, department or commission is required by any provision of the constitution or statutes of this state, except that administrative functions under the jurisdiction of the county civil service commission or the county auditor may be so assigned notwithstanding sub. (8) and ss. 59.47, 59.60 and 63.01 to 63.17. Such director shall be appointed by the county executive in the unclassified civil service and is subject to confirmation by the county board, as provided in s. 59.17(2)(bm).
(b) Any county with a population of less than 750,000 may create a department of administration and assign any administrative function to the department as it considers appropriate, except that no administrative function may be assigned to the department if any other provision of state law requires the performance of the function by any other county office, department or commission unless the administrative function is under the jurisdiction of the county civil service commission or the county auditor, in which case, the function may be assigned to the department notwithstanding sub. (8) and ss. 59.47, 59.60 and 63.01 to 63.17. Except as provided under par. (a), in any county with a county executive or county administrator, the county executive or county administrator shall have the authority to appoint and supervise the head of a department of administration; and except as provided under par. (a), the appointment is subject to confirmation by the county board unless the appointment is made under a civil service system competitive examination procedure established under sub. (8) or ch. 63.
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(4) Destruction, transfer of obsolete records. (a) Destruction of obsolete county records. Whenever necessary to gain needed vault and filing space, county or court officers and the custodian of the records of all courts of record in the state may, subject to pars. (b) and (c), destroy obsolete records in their custody as follows:
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11. Reports of town treasurers that are submitted to the clerk on dog licenses sold and records of dog licenses issued, after 3 years.
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<<For credits, see Historical Note field.>>
HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES
2000 Main Volume
Source:
L.1955, c. 651, §§ 9, 11.
St.1955, §§ 59.07, 59.08, 59.71 to 59.717, 59.80.
L.1957, c. 213.
L.1957, c. 230, §§ 1 to 4.
L.1957, c. 494.
L.1957, c. 539, § 2.
L.1957, c. 680, § 1.
L.1959, c. 173.
L.1959, c. 490.
L.1959, c. 628, § 5.
L.1959, c. 659, § 76.
L.1961, c. 447.
L.1961, c. 496.
L.1961, c. 552.
L.1961, c. 594.
L.1963, c. 345, § 8.
L.1963, c. 528.
L.1963, c. 543, § 1.
L.1965, c. 68.
L.1965, c. 238, § 4.
L.1965, c. 295, § 34.
L.1967, c. 9, § 16, eff. March 31, 1967.
L.1967, c. 23, eff. May 11, 1967.
L.1967, c. 27, § 2, eff. May 14, 1967.
L.1967, c. 92, § 22, eff. Jan. 1, 1968.
L.1967, c. 143, eff. Nov. 11, 1967.
L.1969, c. 276, §§ 588, 596, 610, eff. Dec. 28, 1969.
L.1969, c. 285, § 1, eff. July 1, 1971.
L.1969, c. 366, § 117, eff. Feb. 15, 1970.
L.1969, c. 416, eff. March 7, 1970.
L.1971, c. 118, §§ 1, 2, eff. Nov. 7, 1971.
L.1971, c. 215, § 72, eff. March 31, 1972.
L.1971, c. 270, § 104.
L.1973, c. 262, § 3, eff. June 16, 1974.
L.1975, c. 224, § 64, eff. May 5, 1976.
L.1975, c. 244, § 2, eff. May 14, 1976.
L.1975, c. 336, § 1, eff. June 13, 1976.
L.1977, c. 449, § 146, eff. Aug. 1, 1978.
L.1979, c. 35, §§ 2, 3, eff. Aug. 7, 1979.
L.1979, c. 175, § 23, eff. May 3, 1980.
L.1979, c. 221, §§ 442, 443, eff. April 30, 1980.
L.1979, c. 260, § 89, eff. July 1, 1980.
L.1979, c. 361, § 67, eff. Sept. 1, 1980.
L.1981, c. 217, § 4, eff. April 22, 1982.
L.1981, c. 302, §§ 1 to 3, eff. May 1, 1982.
L.1981, c. 335, § 16, eff. Jan. 1, 1983.
1983 Act 27, § 1145, eff. July 2, 1983.
1983 Act 192, § 303(1), eff. April 10, 1984.
1983 Act 207, § 93(3), eff. April 24, 1984.
1983 Act 260, § 1, eff. April 26, 1984.
1983 Act 275, § 2, eff. April 27, 1984.
1983 Act 484, § 152, eff. June 1, 1984.
1983 Act 538, § 79, eff. June 8, 1984.
1985 Act 29, §§ 1165m, 1169, 1169r, 1173m, 1174, 1178, eff. July 20, 1985.
1985 Act 180, § 31, eff. April 18, 1986.
1985 Act 304, § 143, eff. July 1, 1986.
1985 Act 332, § 105, eff. June 12, 1986.
St.1985, §§ 59.035, 59.07, 59.08, 59.71 to 59.717, 59.80.
S.Ct. Order dated March 5, 1987, eff. April 1, 1987.
1987 Act 150, §§ 1 to 3, eff. March 17, 1988.
1987 Act 162, § 1, eff. March 25, 1988.
1987 Act 378, § 17, eff. Jan. 1, 1989.
1989 Act 31, §§ 1717, 1747, eff. Jan. 1, 1990.
1989 Act 201, § 1m, eff. April 28, 1990.
1989 Act 248, § 6, eff. May 2, 1990.
1991 Act 39, §§ 1605m, 1618 to 1623, eff. Aug. 15, 1991.
1991 Act 226, § 10, eff. July 1, 1992.
1991 Act 316, §§ 441, 526, eff. June 24, 1992.
1993 Act 53, §§ 1, 2, eff. Nov. 25, 1993.
St.1993, §§ 59.035, 59.07(1) to (3m), (6) to (13), (15), (17), (20), (27), (28), (43), (62), (67), (73), (74), (80), 59.08, 59.145, 59.71 to 59.717, 59.80.
1995 Act 27, §§ 3279g to 3286, eff. July 29, 1995.
Wis.St. § 59.07(155).
1995 Act 201, §§ 104, 111 to 115, 117 to 122, 124, 127, 134, 139, 140, 157, 174, 181, 185, 186, 190, 238, 242, 252 to 256, 354, 356 to 360, 414 to 419, 432, eff. Sept. 1, 1996.
1995 Act 225, § 135, eff. May 1, 1996.
1997 Act 35, §§ 194 to 196, eff. Dec. 31, 1997.
1997 Act 237, § 276, eff. June 17, 1998.
1999 Act 9, § 1577p, eff. Oct. 29, 1999.
2012 Electronic Update
1999 Act 83, § 114, eff. May 6, 2000.
1999 Act 150, § 672, eff. Jan. 1, 2001.
1999 Act 185, § 193(1), eff. Sept. 1, 2000.
2001 Act 16, § 2001q, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
2001 Act 104, § 58, eff. May 25, 2002.
2005 Act 22, §§ 106, 107, eff. July 23, 2005.
2005 Act 59, § 3, eff. April 1, 2006.
2007 Act 20, §§ 1846, 9121(6)(a), eff. July 1, 2008.
2009 Act 369, § 1, eff. June 2, 2010.
2011 Act 32, § 1675n, eff. July 1, 2011.
2011 Act 32, § 1675n, eff. Oct. 1, 2011.
2013 Act 14, §§ 15 to 16e, eff. June 2, 2013.
2013 Act 173, § 33, eff. March 29, 2014 .
2015 Act 55, §§ 1912t to 1914h, eff. July 14, 2015 .
2015 Act 196, § 61, eff. March 2, 2016 .
2017 Act 59, §§ 981m, 982b, eff. Sept. 23, 2017.
2023 Act 4, § 18, eff. Jan. 1, 2024.
2023 Act 12, § 17, eff. June 22, 2023.
2000 Main Volume
Prior Laws:
R.S.1849, c. 10, § 37.
1858, c. 13, § 44.
L.1860, c. 201, §§ 1 to 6.
L.1867, c. 11, § 2.
L.1875, c. 284, §§ 2 to 4.
R.S.1878, §§ 690, 691.
St.1898, §§ 690, 691.
L.1903, c. 83, § 1.
Supl. 1906, § 690.
L.1909, c. 19.
St.1911, §§ 690, 691, 694, sub. 7.
L.1915, c. 242, § 2.
L.1917, c. 469.
St.1917, §§ 670(26), 690, 691, 694(7).
L.1919, c. 695, §§ 137, 138, 158, 158a.
St.1919, §§ 59.71, 59.80.
L.1935, c. 65.
L.1945, c. 344.
L.1945, c. 456.
St.1945, §§ 59.07(4)(c), 59.71, 59.80.
L.1947, c. 304.
St.1947, §§ 59.07(4)(c), 59.71, 59.715, 59.80.
L.1949, c. 52.
L.1949, c. 111.
L.1949, c. 280, § 1.
L.1949, c. 634.
St.1949, §§ 59.07(4)(c), 59.71 to 59.717, 59.80.
L.1951, c. 89.
L.1951, c. 464, §§ 1 to 5.
St.1953, §§ 59.07(4)(c), 59.71 to 59.717, 59.80.
L.1955, c. 132.
2012 Electronic Update
2011 Legislation:
2011 Act 32, § 9332(1u) provides:
“(1u) Limitation on performance of construction projects by local governments. The treatment of sections 59.52 (30), 62.15 (1d), and 66.0901 (11) of the statutes first applies to projects for which construction is commenced on the effective date [Oct. 1, 2011] of this subsection.”