66.0107 Power of municipalities to prohibit criminal conduct.
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66.0107 Power of municipalities to prohibit criminal conduct.
(1)The board or council of any town, village or city may:
(a)Prohibit all forms of gambling and fraudulent devices and practices.
(b)Seize anything devised solely for gambling or found in actual use for gambling and destroy the device after a judicial determination that it was used solely for gambling or found in actual use for gambling.
(bm)Enact and enforce an ordinance to prohibit the possession of marijuana, as defined in s. 961.01
(14), subject to the exceptions in s. 961.41
(3g)(intro.) , and provide a forfeiture for a violation of the ordinance; except that if a complaint is issued regarding an allegation of possession of more than 25 grams of marijuana, or possession of any amount of marijuana following a conviction in this state for possession of marijuana, the subject of the complaint may not be prosecuted under this paragraph for the same action that is the subject of the complaint unless the charges are dismissed or the district attorney declines to prosecute the case.