AB 192

Under current law, cities, villages, and towns (municipalities) and county

sheriffs are subject to varying requirements regarding the provision of police and fire

protection services. They are as follows:

1. A town board must provide fire protection services for the town and may

provide law enforcement services for the town or any portion of the town.

2. A village with a population of 5,500 or more must provide fire protection

services for the village. A village with a population of 5,000 or more must provide

police protection services for the village and a village with a population of less than

5,000 may provide police protection services.

3. A city must provide police and fire protection services for the city.

4. A county sheriff must provide law enforcement services for the county.

Also under current law, a city or village may, subject to certain requirements,

abolish its police department and contract with the county for the county sheriff to

provide police protection services for the city or village.

Under this bill, a municipality may not condition the provision of fire or police

protection services and a sheriff may not condition the provision of law enforcement

services on a person's payment of a fee, charge, or tax. Also, a contract between a city

or village and a county for the county sheriff to provide law enforcement services for

the city or village must require that the county sheriff not condition the provision of

police protection services in the city or village on a person's payment of a fee, charge,

or tax.