Chapter 200 — METROPOLITAN SEWERAGE DISTRICTS

200.01 Metropolitan sewerage districts, definitions. Unless the context requires otherwise, for the purposes of this subchapter, the following terms have the designated meanings: (1) “Commission” means a metropolitan sewerage district commission. (2) “Department” means the depart…

200.03 Applicability. This subchapter applies to all areas of the state except those areas included in a metropolitan sewerage district created under ss. 200.21 to 200.65. History: 1971 c. 276; 1981 c. 282 s. 47; 1999 a. 150 s. 316; Stats. 1999 s. 200.03.

200.05 Creation. (1) Proceedings to create a district may be initiated by resolution of the governing body of any municipality setting forth: (a) The proposed name of the district; (b) A general description of the territory proposed to be included in the district; (c) A general d…

200.07 Dissolution. If a district has been inactive for at least 2 years and if the department receives certified copies of a resolution recommending the dissolution of the district adopted by the governing bodies of every municipality owning or operating the district, upon a fin…

200.09 Commissioners. (1) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), a district formed under this subchapter shall be governed by a 5-member commission appointed for staggered 5-year terms. Except as provided in par. (b) and sub. (11), commissioners shall be appointed by the county boar…

200.11 Powers and duties. (1) GENERAL. (a) Corporate status. The district shall be a municipal body corporate and shall be authorized in its name to contract and to be contracted with, and to sue and to be sued. The commission may employ persons or firms performing engineering, l…

200.13 Financing. (1) SPECIAL ASSESSMENT. (a) The commission may make a special assessment against property which is served by an intercepting or main sewer or any other appropriate facility at any time after the commission votes, by resolution recorded in the minutes of its meet…

200.15 Addition of territory. Territory not originally within a district may be added thereto in the following ways: (1) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), upon receipt by the commission, and the regional planning commission of the region within which the district or the greates…

200.21 Definitions. In this subchapter: (1) “Capital costs” means the cost of acquiring, purchasing, adding to, leasing, planning, designing, constructing, extending and improving all or any part of a sewerage system and of paying principal, interest or premiums on any indebtedne…

200.23 Establishing a district and a commission. (1) ESTABLISHMENT BY RESOLUTION OR REORGANIZATION. (a) Except as provided in par. (b), a commission is established under this subchapter if the common council of any 1st class city passes a resolution of necessity by a majority vot…

200.25 Commissioners. (1) TERM. (a) Except as provided in par. (b) and sub. (8): 1. Each commissioner appointed by the mayor of the 1st class city under s. 200.23 (2) (a) who is not an elected officer serves for a 3-year term or until a successor is appointed, whichever is later.…

200.27 Commission; organization. (1) QUORUM. Six commissioners constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. If after reapportionment under s. 200.25 (7) the number of commissioners is increased to 12 or 13, 7 commissioners constitute a quorum. If after reapportionment und…

200.29 Boundary; name; corporate status. (1) BOUNDARY. (a) Except as provided in pars. (b) to (d), the initial boundary of the district is the boundary of the county in which the 1st class city is located. (b) The initial boundary of a district created under s. 200.23 (1) (b) is …

200.31 General duties of the commission. Subject to ss. 200.21 to 200.65, the commission shall: (1) SEWERAGE SYSTEM FUNCTIONS. Project, plan, design, construct, maintain and operate a sewerage system for the collection, transmission and disposal of all sewage and drainage of the …

200.33 Local sewers. (1) DUTIES OF MUNICIPALITIES. (a) Each municipality shall construct, operate and maintain local METROPOLITAN SEWERAGE DISTRICTS 200.35 sewers and appurtenant facilities and shall repair and rehabilitate local sewers and appurtenant local facilities. (b) Excep…

200.35 Sewerage construction, operation and maintenance. (1) GENERAL POWERS OF THE COMMISSION. To the extent necessary to carry out its duties under s. 200.31, the commission may project, plan, design, adopt, construct, operate and maintain: (a) District, interceptor and outfall …

200.37 Connections to the sewerage system. (1) APPROVAL OF THE COMMISSION. The commission may approve or disapprove any connection with or use of the sewerage system by any town, city or village or by any private person or corporation. The commission shall examine proposed connec…

200.41 Noncontractual sewerage service. (1) Notwithstanding ss. 66.0821 and 200.55 (5), if the commission establishes a system to recover capital costs within the district on the basis of the value of property in the area to be served, as May 22, 2026, are designated by NOTES. (P…

200.45 Rules; special orders; special use permits. (1) GENERAL RULE-MAKING AUTHORITY. (a) The commission may adopt the rules both necessary and proper to promote the best results from the construction, operation and maintenance of the sewerage system, to prevent damage to the sew…

200.47 Contracts. (1) GENERAL POWERS OF THE COMMISSION. The commission may enter into contracts, agreements or stipulations necessary to perform its duties and exercise its powers under this subchapter, including contracts to purchase, lease or otherwise obtain the use of all nec…

200.49 Minority business development and training program. (1) DEFINITIONS. In this section: (a) “Minority business” means a sole proprietorship, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture or corporation that is at least 51 percent owned and controlled by one or more m…

200.53 Capital budget. (1) ANNUAL ADOPTION. Annually on or before September 1, the commission shall adopt a capital budget for the benefit of the district, setting forth the anticipated revenues and expenditures for the ensuing fiscal year. (2) CAPITAL TRANSFERS. During the budge…

200.55 Financing. The district may borrow money and issue and execute bonds, notes and other forms of indebtedness and may enter into agreements to secure its indebtedness in the manner specified in subs. (1) to (7): (1) REVENUE BONDS AND NOTES. (a) The district may issue bonds, …

200.57 Minority financial advisers and investment firms and disabled veteran-owned businesses. (1) In this section: (a) “Disabled veteran-owned financial adviser” and “disabled veteran-owned investment firm” mean a financial adviser and investment firm, respectively, certified by…

200.59 User charges for sewer operation. (1) DECLARATION OF POLICY. In the interpretation and application of this section, it is declared to be the policy of this state to authorize a district to institute a system of user charges which is designed to recover all or part of the o…

200.61 Judicial review of compliance schedules. If a court-ordered schedule of compliance affecting the district is reviewed by a court, the court shall take into consideration the availability of state and federal grant funds used to comply with the schedule, the timely achievem…

200.63 Construction. Nothing in ss. 200.21 to 200.61 in any way limits or takes away any of the powers of any municipality located in the district, relating to the construction, extension or repair of local or sanitary sewers or drains except that all plans and specifications for…

200.65 Validation of debt; liability for diverting funds. (1) DEBT VALIDATION. No legislative, judicial or administrative determination that a district may not spend borrowed money or that a district has spent borrowed money for a purpose other than the stated purpose for which i…