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Prepared by: David Moore, Senior Staff Attorney December 15, 2023
2023 Wisconsin Act 62
[2023 Senate Bill 85]
Email Notice of Public Inland
Lake Protection and
Rehabilitation Board Business
Wisconsin law allows a district to be created to protect and rehabilitate a lake within the district. Before
a county may establish a public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district, the county must hold
a hearing on the proposed district and publish notice announcing the hearing and stating the
boundaries of the proposed district in a paper of general circulation in the county in which the proposed
district is located as a class 1 notice. The county board must also mail this notice to the last-known
address of each landowner within the proposed district.
Wisconsin law also requires every public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district to hold an
annual meeting. The annual meeting must be preceded by written notice mailed at least 14 days in
advance of the meeting to all electors within the district whose address is known or can be ascertained
with reasonable diligence, and to all owners of property within the district.
2023 Wisconsin Act 62 allows the notices described above to be made by mail or by email; however,
email notices may only be made to electors and property owners who have agreed to receive email
notices.
Effective date: December 8, 2024
For a full history of the bill, visit the Legislature’s bill history page.
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