Bills · 2009-2010 Regular Session
attachment of territory to public inland lake protection and rehabilitation districts and changing boundaries of proposed public inland lake protection and rehabilitation districts.
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Unfamiliar terms? Glossary
What this bill does
Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, a county may establish public inland lake protection and
rehabilitation districts (lake districts). A city, village, or town may also create a lake
district if all the frontage of the lake is within its boundaries.
Current law requires that certain procedures be followed by a county in
establishing a lake district. These include having a petition signed by 51 percent of
the persons owning land in the proposed lake district or by owners of 51 percent of
the land in the proposed lake district and having the county board conduct a hearing
on the petition. If the county board finds that the establishment of the lake district
will promote a public goal such as public health, convenience, or welfare and that the
land to be included in the lake district will benefit from its establishment, the county
board must approve the establishment of the lake district.
Current law requires that a different procedure be followed to annex territory
to a lake district. Under current law, an owner of land may petition the board of
commissioners for the lake district (district board) to annex the land. If the petition
is approved by a majority vote of the members of the district board, the territory is
annexed. Alternatively, the district board may begin the procedure by notifying the
owners of land that is proposed to be annexed and the county board. Under this
alternative procedure, a procedure similar to the one described above for the
establishment of a lake district applies.
This bill eliminates the procedure under which an owner of land may petition
the district board to annex territory and eliminates the authority of a district board
to begin an annexation proceeding. Under the bill, annexation requires that 51
percent of the owners of the land in the territory to be annexed sign the annexation
petition. The county board must hold a hearing on the petition.
Under current law, a county may change the boundaries of a lake district that
is being established. This bill repeals this provision.
What it would cost
Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs