Section 78.10 – Annexation of Entire Village or Township; Incorporation of Village From Part of Township; Annexation of Part of City, Village, or Township by Village.
78.10 Annexation of entire village or township; incorporation of village from part of township; annexation of part of city, village, or township by village. Sec. 10. Whenever an entire village or township is annexed to a village, the village to which it is annexed shall succeed to the ownership of all the property of the […]
Section 78.24 – Village Charter; Permissible Provisions.
78.24 Village charter; permissible provisions. Sec. 24. A village may provide in its charter for 1 or more of the following: (a) Except as otherwise provided in this subdivision, the regulation of a trade, occupation, or amusement within the village’s boundaries, including the sale of intoxicating liquor and the number of licenses to be issued […]
Section 78.11 – New Village; Charter Commission, Election, Manner, Duties, Oath; Proposed Charter, Vote, Manner; Notices.
78.11 New village; charter commission, election, manner, duties, oath; proposed charter, vote, manner; notices. Sec. 11. At every election on the question of incorporation of a new village, each elector residing within its proposed territorial limits shall also be entitled to vote for 5 electors, residing in the territory which it is proposed to incorporate, […]
Section 78.24a – Codification of Ordinances.
78.24a Codification of ordinances. Sec. 24a. Each village shall have the power, whether provided in its charter or not, to codify, recodify, and continue in code the village’s municipal ordinances, in whole or in part, without the necessity of publishing the entire code in full. The ordinance adopting the code and ordinances repealing, amending, continuing, […]
Section 78.12 – Village Charter; Rejection; Effect; President De Facto; Resubmission; Revert to Prior Status.
78.12 Village charter; rejection; effect; president de facto; resubmission; revert to prior status. Sec. 12. (1) If the proposed charter is rejected at an election, the election of officers is void, except that the elector who receives the highest number of votes cast for the office of president shall be a de facto officer of […]
Section 78.24b – Energy Conservation Improvements; Acquisition or Financing; Resolution; Payment; Scope of Improvements; Acquisition of Improvements by Contract, Lease-Purchase Agreement, or Notes; Reports; Forms; Terms of Lease-Purchase Agreement.
78.24b Energy conservation improvements; acquisition or financing; resolution; payment; scope of improvements; acquisition of improvements by contract, lease-purchase agreement, or notes; reports; forms; terms of lease-purchase agreement. Sec. 24b. (1) The governing body of a village may provide by resolution for the acquisition or financing of energy conservation improvements to be made to village facilities […]
Section 78.13 – Village Charter; New Charter Commission, Petition, Procedure, Duties; Eligibility; Expenses, Payment; Territory, Control.
78.13 Village charter; new charter commission, petition, procedure, duties; eligibility; expenses, payment; territory, control. Sec. 13. In cases where the qualified electors of a village shall reject a proposed charter, any 100 electors of said village may petition the de facto president for the selection of a new charter commission, and if said petition shall […]
Section 78.24c – Acquisition of Land for Disposal of Sewage or Protection of Water Supply.
78.24c Acquisition of land for disposal of sewage or protection of water supply. Sec. 24c. A village may acquire land outside its corporate limits necessary for the disposal of sewage or the obtaining or protection of a water supply for the village or the inhabitants of the village by purchase or, if the proposed use […]
Section 78.14 – Village Charter; Revision.
78.14 Village charter; revision. Sec. 14. Any village desiring to revise its charter shall do so in the following manner, unless otherwise provided by charter: When its legislative body shall by a 2/3 vote of the members-elect, declare for a general revision of the charter, or when an initiatory petition signed by qualified electors equal […]
Section 78.15 – Election of Charter Commission; Details Fixed by Legislative Body.
78.15 Election of charter commission; details fixed by legislative body. Sec. 15. The legislative body of the municipality, unless it is otherwise provided, shall fix in advance of the election of a charter commission, the manner of nominating and electing the same, the place of its meeting, the compensation, if any, of its members, the […]