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Wis. Stat. § 62.03 (2026)

First class cities excepted

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62.0362.03 First class cities excepted.
62.03(1)(1) This subchapter, except ss. 62.071, 62.08 (1), 62.09 (1) (e) and (11) (j), (k), and (m), 62.175, 62.23 (7) (em) and (he), and 62.237, does not apply to 1st class cities under special charter.
62.03(2)(2) Any such city may adopt by ordinance this subchapter or any section or sections thereof, which when so adopted shall apply to such city.
62.03(3)(3) The revision of the general charter law by chapter 242, laws of 1921 shall not affect the application of any provisions of the general charter previously adopted by any 1st class city under special charter, but such provisions shall as to such cities retain the same force and application as they had before the enactment of chapter 242, laws of 1921.
62.03 HistoryHistory: 1977 c. 151; 1979 c. 90 s. 21; 1979 c. 221, 260, 355; 1981 c. 281 s. 17; 1983 a. 395, 532, 538; 1989 a. 113; 1993 a. 400; 1999 a. 150; 2023 a. 19.
62.03 AnnotationMilwaukee can adopt less than a statute “section” from this chapter [now this subchapter]. State ex rel. Cortez v. Board of Fire & Police Commissioners, 49 Wis. 2d 130, 181 N.W.2d 378 (1970).
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 12 cases, 1938–2011 · leading case: State ex rel. Cities Serv. Oil Co. v. Bd. of Appeals, 124 N.W.2d 809 (Wis. 1963).
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State ex rel. Cities Serv. Oil Co. v. Bd. of Appeals, 124 N.W.2d 809 (Wis. 1963). · cites it 4× “Sec. 62.03, Stats., was enacted in 1921, and has remained unamended in its original form to the present time.”
Milwaukee Police Ass'n v. Flynn, 2011 WI App 112 (Wis. Ct. App. 2011). · cites it 2× “See Wis. Stat. § 62.03 (1) (excepting first class cities from most provisions of Wis.”
Am. Med. Transp. of Wisconsin, Inc. v. Curtis-Universal, Inc., 435 N.W.2d 286 (Wis. Ct. App. 1988). · cites it 2× “Sec. 62.03(1), Stats. Nevertheless, Milwaukee was authorized to adopt, by ordinance, any section of the General Charter Law, sec.”
Schwartz v. City of Milwaukee, 168 N.W.2d 107 (Wis. 1969). “” Sec. 62.03, Stats., provides: “(1) The provisions of chapter 62 of the statutes shall not apply to cities of the first class under special charter.”
Town of Wauwatosa v. City of Milwaukee, 62 N.W.2d 718 (Wis. 1954). · cites it 2× “Sec. 62.03, Stats., exempted cities of the first class under special charter from the general charter law but it also provided that any first-class city may adopt any section or sections of said chapter by ordinance.”
Local Union No. 487 v. City of Eau Claire, 433 N.W.2d 578 (Wis. 1989). “See sec. 62.03(1), Stats. Section 62.11(5) reads as follows: (5) Powers.”
Dallmann v. Kluchesky, 282 N.W. 9 (Wis. 1938). “In view of this charter provision, which the city had power to adopt under sec. 62.03, Stats., there can be no question of the general power of the council to enact ordinances protecting the welfare of the youth of Milwaukee, and we do not think that this power is limited by sec.”
State Ex Rel. Cortez v. BD. OF F. & P. COMM., 181 N.W.2d 378 (Wis. 1970). · cites it 2× “" More recently, and with specific reference to sec. 62.03, Stats., this court held that sec.”
State ex rel. Cortez v. Bd. of Fire & Police Commissioners, 181 N.W.2d 378 (Wis. 1970). · cites it 2× “” More recently, and with specific reference to sec. 62.03, Stats., this court held that sec.”
State Ex Rel. Fed. Paving Corp. v. Prudisch, 4 N.W.2d 144 (Wis. 1942). “, was not applicable to cities of the first class under special charter (sec. 62.03, Stats.), — was applicable to only cities of the second, third, and fourth classes, it constituted such class legis *63 lation as to render the statute invalid.”
State ex rel. Kuszewski v. Bd. of Fire & Police Commissioners, 125 N.W.2d 334 (Wis. 1963). “Sec. 62.03, Stats.; State ex rel. Curtis v.”
State ex rel. Lund v. Seramur, 68 N.W.2d 570 (Wis. 1955). “586, Laws of 1911, entitled, ‘an act to create section 959-46d of the statutes, relating to the creation of a board of police and fire commissioners in cities of the first class, providing for the duties thereof and the duties of chiefs of the police and fire departments in such…”
— Wis. Stat. § 62.03(1) — 2 cases
Am. Med. Transp. of Wisconsin, Inc. v. Curtis-Universal, Inc., 435 N.W.2d 286 (Wis. Ct. App. 1988). “Sec. 62.03(1), Stats. Nevertheless, Milwaukee was authorized to adopt, by ordinance, any section of the General Charter Law, sec.”
Local Union No. 487 v. City of Eau Claire, 433 N.W.2d 578 (Wis. 1989). “See sec. 62.03(1), Stats. Section 62.11(5) reads as follows: (5) Powers.”
— Wis. Stat. § 62.03(2) — 1 case
Am. Med. Transp. of Wisconsin, Inc. v. Curtis-Universal, Inc., 435 N.W.2d 286 (Wis. Ct. App. 1988). “Sec. 62.03(1), Stats. Nevertheless, Milwaukee was authorized to adopt, by ordinance, any section of the General Charter Law, sec.”
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