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Code · Wisconsin · Chapter 33 — Public inland waters

33.28 District board of commissioners.

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33.28 District board of commissioners.
(1)Management of the affairs of the district shall be delegated to a board of commissioners.
(2)Except as provided in sub.
(c), the board of commissioners shall consist of all of the following:
(a)One person appointed by the county board who is a member of the county land conservation committee or who is nominated by the county land conservation committee and appointed by the county board.
(b)One person who is appointed by the governing body of the town, village, or city within which the largest portion by valuation of the district lies. The person appointed under this paragraph shall be a resident of the district who owns property within the district if possible or shall be a member of the governing body of the town, village, or city within which the largest portion of the valuation of the district lies.
(c)Three electors or owners of property within the district elected by secret ballot by the qualified electors and property owners within the district, for staggered 3-year terms. At least one of the elected commissioners shall be a resident of the district.
(d)If the district includes a lake that is controlled by a dam, if the dam is not located in the town, village, or city within which the largest portion by valuation of the district lies, and if the governing body of the town, village, or city within which the largest portion by valuation of the district lies elects not to make an appointment under par.
(b), as provided in sub.
(c), one person who is appointed by the governing body of the town, village, or city within which the dam is located. The person appointed under this paragraph shall be a resident of the district who owns property within the district if possible or shall be a member of the governing body of the town, village, or city within which the dam is located.
(a)An annual meeting may permanently increase the number of members of the board of commissioners to be elected under sub.
(c)from 3 to 5.
(b)If no resident is willing to be elected as required under sub.
(c)for a given term, the residency requirement shall be waived until the end of that term.
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