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AB 512

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Relating to: expanding the requirement of county board approval of a town amendment of its zoning ordinances. (FE)

County — Board Ordinance Town — Board

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Assembly, completed
  3. Passes Senate, completed
  4. Governor signs, completed
  5. Law, completed

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, if a town board has been granted the authority to exercise

village powers, the town board may enact zoning ordinances using the zoning

statutes that are used by cities and villages, subject to a number of conditions. If the

county in which the town is located has enacted a county zoning ordinance, town

zoning ordinances may not take effect until such ordinances are approved either by

a town meeting or by a referendum vote of the electors of the town. In addition, in

counties having a zoning ordinance, no town zoning ordinance, or amendment of a

zoning ordinance, may be adopted by the town unless approved by the county board;

the bill modifies this provision.

Under this bill, with regard to towns to which certain conditions apply, the town

may not adopt or amend a zoning ordinance without county board approval. The

conditions are the following: the town must be located in a county with a population

in excess of 380,000, that county must have a zoning ordinance in effect on January

1, 2013 and, the county must be adjacent to a county that has a population in excess

of 800,000.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Craig (R) , Kapenga (R) , Kramer (R)

2 cosponsors

Farrow (R) , Lazich (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Urban and Local Affairs, Ayes 9, Noes 0

Passed 9–0 Feb 3, 2014 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Urban and Local Affairs, Ayes 9, Noes 0

Passed 9–0 Feb 3, 2014 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Feb 17, 2014 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Nov 14, 2013 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Craig, Kramer and Kapenga; cosponsored by Senators Farrow and Lazich

  2. Nov 14, 2013 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Urban and Local Affairs

  3. Nov 19, 2013 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Dec 4, 2013 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Dec 13, 2013 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Craig

  6. Dec 17, 2013 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  7. Jan 29, 2014 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  8. Feb 3, 2014 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Urban and Local Affairs, Ayes 9, Noes 0

  9. Feb 3, 2014 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Urban and Local Affairs, Ayes 9, Noes 0

  10. Feb 3, 2014 · Assembly

    Referred to Committee on Rules

  11. Feb 11, 2014 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 2-13-2014 by Committee on Rules

  12. Feb 13, 2014 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  13. Feb 13, 2014 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 adopted

  14. Feb 13, 2014 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  15. Feb 13, 2014 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  16. Feb 13, 2014 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  17. Feb 13, 2014 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  18. Feb 14, 2014 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  19. Feb 17, 2014 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  20. Feb 17, 2014 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  21. Feb 17, 2014 · Senate

    Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0

  22. Feb 17, 2014 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 2-18-2014 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  23. Feb 18, 2014 · Senate

    Read a second time

  24. Feb 18, 2014 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  25. Feb 18, 2014 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  26. Feb 18, 2014 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in

  27. Feb 18, 2014 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  28. Feb 18, 2014 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  29. Feb 28, 2014 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 2-28-2014

  30. Apr 15, 2014 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 4-15-2014

  31. Apr 16, 2014 · Assembly

    Report approved by the Governor on 4-16-2014. 2013 Wisconsin Act 287

  32. Apr 16, 2014 · Assembly

    Published 4-17-2014