Wisconsin Statutes
Wis. Stat. § 59.51 (2026)
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59.51(1)(1) Organizational or administrative powers. The board of each county shall have the authority to exercise any organizational or administrative power, subject only to the constitution and any enactment of the legislature which grants the organizational or administrative power to a county executive or county administrator or to a person supervised by a county executive or county administrator or any enactment which is of statewide concern and which uniformly affects every county. Any organizational or administrative power conferred under this subchapter shall be in addition to all other grants. A county board may exercise any organizational or administrative power under this subchapter without limitation because of enumeration, and these powers shall be broadly and liberally construed and limited only by express language.
59.51(2)(2) General authority. The board may represent the county, have the management of the business and concerns of the county in all cases where no other provision is made, apportion and levy taxes and appropriate money to carry into effect any of the board’s powers and duties.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5
cases, 1957–2018 · leading case: Town of Grant v. Portage Cnty., 2017 WI App 69 (Wis. Ct. App. 2017).
Town of Grant v. Portage Cnty., 2017 WI App 69 (Wis. Ct. App. 2017). “1 We conclude that Portage County has the authority to levy the property tax for the County's ambulance service pursuant to the general grant of taxing authority under Wis. Stat. § 59.51 (2) (2015-16). 2 The Town contends that the property tax levied by the County for the…”
Haka v. Lincoln Cnty., 533 F. Supp. 2d 895 (W.D. Wis. 2008). “51 (2), which says that “the board may represent the county, have the management of the business and concerns of the county in all cases where no other provision is made, apportion and levy taxes and appropriate money to carry into effect any of the board’s powers and duties.”
United States v. Suring State Bank, 150 F. Supp. 60 (E.D. Wis. 1957). “One issue appears to be: What is the effect of failure to include the said post-office address in a chattel mortgage filed in fact? A second issue is: Does filing in fact overcome the adverse effect, if any, of failure to comply with the positive injunction set forth in section…”
Lipscomb v. Abele, 918 N.W.2d 434 (Wis. Ct. App. 2018). “The legislature grants to county boards broad, authority over "any" county "organizational or administrative power" not granted to county executives, "in addition to all other grants.”
Appliance Buyers Credit Corp. v. Crivello, 168 N.W.2d 892 (Wis. 1969). “5 Sec. 59.51, Stats. 1959. 6 (1935), 217 Wis.”
— Wis. Stat. § 59.51(1) — 2 cases
Town of Grant v. Portage Cnty., 2017 WI App 69 (Wis. Ct. App. 2017). “1 We conclude that Portage County has the authority to levy the property tax for the County's ambulance service pursuant to the general grant of taxing authority under Wis. Stat. § 59.51 (2) (2015-16). 2 The Town contends that the property tax levied by the County for the…”
Lipscomb v. Abele, 918 N.W.2d 434 (Wis. Ct. App. 2018). “The legislature grants to county boards broad, authority over "any" county "organizational or administrative power" not granted to county executives, "in addition to all other grants.”
— Wis. Stat. § 59.51(11) — 1 case
United States v. Suring State Bank, 150 F. Supp. 60 (E.D. Wis. 1957). “One issue appears to be: What is the effect of failure to include the said post-office address in a chattel mortgage filed in fact? A second issue is: Does filing in fact overcome the adverse effect, if any, of failure to comply with the positive injunction set forth in section…”
— Wis. Stat. § 59.51(2) — 1 case
Town of Grant v. Portage Cnty., 2017 WI App 69 (Wis. Ct. App. 2017). “1 We conclude that Portage County has the authority to levy the property tax for the County's ambulance service pursuant to the general grant of taxing authority under Wis. Stat. § 59.51 (2) (2015-16). 2 The Town contends that the property tax levied by the County for the…”
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