87.11 – When benefits exceed cost; when costs will exceed benefits; temporary borrowing; maintenance fund.
87.11 When benefits exceed cost; when costs will exceed benefits; temporary borrowing; maintenance fund. (1) If, after all contracts for construction of the improvement have been let, the aggregate of the contract prices, as certified by the flood control board created pursuant to s. 87.12, added to the department’s estimated cost of acquiring the necessary […]
87.12 – Flood control board, creation, duties, powers, pay, funds.
87.12 Flood control board, creation, duties, powers, pay, funds. (1) If the department directs the work of constructing the improvement to proceed as provided in s. 87.07, it shall certify the fact of the making of such order to the governor, together with a statement of the county in which the major part of the […]
87.04 – Action on petition.
87.04 Action on petition. (1) Upon the filing of any petition as authorized by s. 87.03, the department shall give the project a name embodying the name of the principal river or body of water involved in the project, and shall fix a date and place of hearing upon the petition, the date being so […]
87.05 – Scope of hearing.
87.05 Scope of hearing. The hearing under s. 87.04 shall be confined to the question whether the improvement prayed for in the petition is required by the public health, safety, convenience or welfare. Any person interested may appear at such hearing in person or by attorney and be heard upon said question without the filing […]
87.06 – Court review of dismissal.
87.06 Court review of dismissal. An order dismissing the petition shall be subject to review in the manner provided in ch. 227. An order directing the hearing to proceed shall not be subject to review except upon review of the final order made pursuant to s. 87.07.
87.07 – Preliminary order.
87.07 Preliminary order. (1) Survey and report. If the department’s order, made pursuant to s. 87.05, shall direct the hearing to proceed, the department shall at the same time direct its engineering department to make a survey in the form of a preliminary investigation and to file a report: (a) Determining and showing upon a […]
87.075 – Special procedure.
87.075 Special procedure. (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the department may, as provided in this section, at any time after directing the hearing upon the petition to proceed made under s. 87.05, issue an order stating that a flood control board shall be appointed as provided in s. 87.12, in which event […]
87.076 – Financing.
87.076 Financing. Any flood control project other than a project described in s. 87.04 (2) may, in addition to any other method of financing mentioned in this chapter, be financed from funds received in whole or in part by the flood control board from any governmental agency or other person. To implement this section, every […]
87.08 – Petition of board; modification of order, court review.
87.08 Petition of board; modification of order, court review. Upon petition of the flood control board organized pursuant to s. 87.12 for the purpose of carrying out the final order of the department, the department may at any time, after public hearing, modify its final orders insofar as the same relate to the plans and […]
87.085 – Federal cooperation.
87.085 Federal cooperation. Any public corporation or flood control board acting under its powers and in conformity with state law may enter into an agreement with an agency of the federal government to cooperate in the construction, operation or maintenance of any federally authorized project contemplated under this chapter or to assume any potential liability […]