Wisconsin Statutes
Wis. Stat. § 33.235 (2026)
Restructured districts; conversion and merger of town sanitary districts
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33.235(1)(b)(b) “Lake district” means a public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district that does not include a restructured district.
33.235(1m)(1m) A town board by resolution may convert a town sanitary district which encompasses all the frontage of a lake within its boundaries into a restructured district. The town sanitary district commissioners shall serve as the initial board of commissioners until the first annual meeting of the restructured district, at which time the commissioners shall be selected under s. 33.28. Conversion shall not affect any preexisting rights or liabilities of the town sanitary district. All such rights or liabilities shall be assumed automatically by the restructured district.
33.235(2)(2) The commissioners of a town sanitary district that does not encompass all the frontage of a lake within its boundaries may, with approval of the town board, petition under s. 33.25 for the formation of a restructured district to include the territory of the existing sanitary district and any additional frontage on the lake that is deemed appropriate by the commissioners. The commissioners may sign the petition for the landowners in the sanitary district. If necessary to meet the requirements of s. 33.25, signatures of owners of land lying outside the sanitary district shall be obtained. Formation of a restructured district that includes such additional territory shall not affect any preexisting rights or liabilities of the town sanitary district, and all these rights and liabilities shall be assumed automatically by the restructured district. The method by which these rights and liabilities are apportioned within the restructured district shall be determined by the county board, and set out in the order issued under s. 33.26 (3) forming the restructured district.
33.235(3)(3) A town sanitary district having boundaries coterminous or contiguous to a lake district may merge into the lake district. Merger is effected by approval of an identical merger resolution by a two-thirds vote of the commissioners of the town sanitary district and the lake district, followed by ratification by a majority of those voting at an annual or special meeting of the lake district and a majority of those voting in a referendum of the town sanitary district under s. 60.785 (2). Merger may not become effective unless the town board which created the sanitary district approves the merger. The commissioners of the town sanitary district and the district shall act jointly until the next annual or special meeting, whichever occurs first, of the restructured district at which time the board of the restructured district shall be created subject to the requirements under s. 33.28. Merger does not affect the preexisting rights or liabilities of the town sanitary district or the lake district. All these rights and liabilities are assumed automatically by the restructured district, but the method of discharging these rights or obligations shall be set out in the merger resolution.
33.235(4)(4) Any restructured district shall have all powers granted to districts under this chapter and to town sanitary districts under ch. 60, except the taxation power under s. 60.77 (6) (b). Such powers shall be exercised using the procedures and methods set out in this chapter.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases, 2003–2011 · leading case: Lake Beulah Mgmt. Dist. v. Vill. of East Troy, 2011 WI 55 (Wis. 2011).
Lake Beulah Mgmt. Dist. v. Vill. of East Troy, 2011 WI 55 (Wis. 2011). “" LBMD was originally a sanitary district encompassing the area around Lake Beulah, and in 1995 the Town of East Troy converted the sanitary district into a lake district, LBMD, pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 33.235 (lm). The parties also address LBMD's authority to enact the…”
Donaldson v. Bd. of Commissioners of Rock-Koshkonong Lake Dist., 2003 WI App 26 (Wis. 2003). “§ 33.235 authorizes the conversion of a sanitary district to a restructured district governed by *248 Subchapter IV of Chapter 33.”
Lake Beulah Mgmt. Dist. v. Vill. of East Troy, 2010 WI App 127 (Wis. Ct. App. 2010). “In 1995, the town of East Troy converted the sanitary district into the Lake Beulah Lake Management District under Wis. Stat. § 33.235 (lm). The converted District retained its previous responsibilities while also obtaining the powers of a lake district under Wis.”
Donaldson v. Bd. of Com'rs of Rock-koshkonong Lake, 2003 WI App 26 (Wis. Ct. App. 2003). “§ 33.235 authorizes the conversion of a sanitary district to a restructured district governed by Subchapter IV of Chapter 33.”
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