Bond; campaign financing; lobbying

893.90 Bond; campaign financing; lobbying. (1) An (e) An action under s. 895.444. action by the state or any of its departments or agencies or by any county, town, village, city, school district, technical college dis(1m) The following actions shall be commenced within 3 trict or other municipal unit to recover any sum of money by rea- years after the cause of action accrues or be barred: son of the breach of an official bond or the breach of a bond of (a) An action upon a liability created by statute when a differany nature, whether required by law or not, given by a public offi- ent limitation is not prescribed by law. cer or any agent or employee of a governmental unit shall be com(b) An action for relief on the ground of fraud. The cause of menced within 3 years after the governmental unit receives action in such case is not deemed to have accrued until the disknowledge of the fact that a default has occurred in some of the covery, by the aggrieved party, of the facts constituting the fraud. conditions of the bond and that it was damaged because of the de(2) The following actions shall be commenced within 2 years fault or be barred. after the cause of action accrues or be barred: (2) Any civil action arising under ch. 11, subch. III of ch. 13 (a) An action by a private party upon a statute penalty, or foror subch. II of ch. 19 shall be commenced within 3 years after the feiture when the action is given to the party prosecuting therefor cause of action accrues or be barred. and the state, except when the statute imposing it provides a difHistory: 1979 c. 323; 1981 c. 335; 1993 a. 399. ferent limitation. Judicial Council Committee’s Note, 1979: This section is previous ss. 893.20 and 893.205 (3) renumbered for more logical placement in restructured ch. 893. (b) An action to recover a forfeiture or penalty imposed by [Bill 326-A] any bylaw, ordinance or regulation of any town, county, city or