Wis. Stat. § 59.792
This is the official text of Wis. Stat. § 59.792, part of Wisconsin’s Wisconsin Statutes — the complete compiled statutory law of Wisconsin, organized into numbered chapters by subject.
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13. Contract with private collectors and municipalities and transporters to receive and dispose of waste other than garbage at dumpage and incinerator sites.
14. Levy taxes to provide funds to acquire sites and to construct and equip incinerators and other structures for disposal of wastes.
15. Enact and enforce ordinances, and adopt and enforce rules and regulations, necessary for the orderly conduct of providing dumpage facilities and services and provide forfeitures for the violation thereof.
(b) The charges for waste disposal services shall be determined by the board and shall include a reasonable charge for depreciation. In the determination of the charges the board shall give full consideration to any fees directly collected for the service. Waste disposal charges shall be apportioned under s. 70.63 to the respective municipalities receiving the service. The depreciation charges shall create a reserve for future capital outlays for waste disposal facilities.
(c) Before acquiring any site in the county to be used for dumping or the erection of an incinerator or other structure for the disposal of waste, a public hearing shall be held in the county following notice of hearing by publication as a class 3 notice, under ch. 985 .
(d) The powers conferred by this subsection are declared to be necessary to the preservation of the public health, welfare and convenience of the county.
History: 1999 a. 83 ; 1999 a. 150 s. 672 ; 2017 a. 207 s. 5 .
14. Levy taxes to provide funds to acquire sites and to construct and equip incinerators and other structures for disposal of wastes.
15. Enact and enforce ordinances, and adopt and enforce rules and regulations, necessary for the orderly conduct of providing dumpage facilities and services and provide forfeitures for the violation thereof.
(b) The charges for waste disposal services shall be determined by the board and shall include a reasonable charge for depreciation. In the determination of the charges the board shall give full consideration to any fees directly collected for the service. Waste disposal charges shall be apportioned under s. 70.63 to the respective municipalities receiving the service. The depreciation charges shall create a reserve for future capital outlays for waste disposal facilities.
(c) Before acquiring any site in the county to be used for dumping or the erection of an incinerator or other structure for the disposal of waste, a public hearing shall be held in the county following notice of hearing by publication as a class 3 notice, under ch. 985 .
(d) The powers conferred by this subsection are declared to be necessary to the preservation of the public health, welfare and convenience of the county.
History: 1999 a. 83 ; 1999 a. 150 s. 672 ; 2017 a. 207 s. 5 .
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