Wisconsin § 66.02162 - Incorporation of certain towns contiguous to 3rd class cities or villages.

§ 66.02162. Incorporation of certain towns contiguous to 3rd class cities or villages.

66.02162(1) (1) Conditions. A town board may initiate the procedure for incorporating its town as a village under this section by adopting a resolution providing for a referendum by the electors of the town on the question of whether the town should become a village if on the date of the adoption of the resolution any of the following is satisfied: 66.02162(1)(a) (a) All of the following conditions apply: 66.02162(1)(a)1. 1. The most recent federal decennial census shows that the resident population of the town exceeds 6,300. 66.02162(1)(a)2. 2. The town is contiguous to a 3rd class city. 66.02162(1)(a)3. 3. The most recent data available from the department of revenue show that the equalized value for the town exceeds $600,000,000. 66.02162(1)(a)4. 4. In one of the 5 years before the year in which the town board adopts the resolution, the town’s equalized value increased more than 7 percent, compared to the town’s equalized value for the prior year. 66.02162(1)(a)5. 5. The town board of the town is authorized to exercise village powers. 66.02162(1)(a)6. 6. The town has entered into, and is bound by, at least 2 separate cooperative boundary agreements under s.