Section 48.46. Records required.

 

(1)   Orders. A county drainage board secretary and the county zoning administrator shall maintain in perpetuity a copy of every order of the circuit court or the county drainage board that does any of the following:

(a) Creates, modifies, suspends or dissolves a drainage district. The record shall include maps or descriptions showing the district boundaries affected by the order.

(b) Approves the construction, enlargement, extension or modification of a district drain. The record shall include any information describing cross-sections, grade profiles and alignments of drains affected by the order.

(c) Confirms or orders an assessment, supplemental assessment or reassessment of benefits, damages or costs to landowners in a drainage district.

(d) Formally establishes any drainage district specifications under s. ATCP 48.20 or 48.21 .

(2)   Drainage district specifications. A county drainage board shall have on file, at all times, drainage district specifications established by court order, or by the county drainage board under s. ATCP 48.20 or 48.21 . Specifications shall include all existing specifications designating any of the following:

(a) Drainage district boundaries, district drains and district corridors.

(b) Cross-sections, alignments and grade profiles of district drains.

(4)   Reports. A county drainage board secretary shall keep, for at least 10 years, a copy of every inspection report filed with the department under subchapter III , and every annual report filed with the county zoning administrator under s. 88.24 , Stats. A county zoning administrator shall keep, for at least 10 years, a copy of every annual report filed under s. 88.24 , Stats.

(5)   Minutes of meetings. A county drainage board secretary shall prepare minutes of the following meetings, and shall keep those minutes for at least 10 years:

(a) Every meeting of the county drainage board.

(b) Every meeting of district landowners held under the auspices of the county drainage board.

(6)   Construction and restoration records. A county drainage board secretary shall keep a copy of every request for approval filed with the department under s. ATCP 48.36 , and every approval or disapproval issued by the department under s. ATCP 48.38 . Records under this subsection pertaining to each drainage district shall be retained for at least the life of that drainage district.

Cr. Register, June, 1995, No. 474 , eff. 7-1-95; am. (1) (b), cr. (1) (d), r. and recr. (2), r. (3), Register, August, 1999, No. 524 , eff. 9-1-99.

Note

Under s. 88.19 (4) to (7) , Stats., the department may determine the records required to be preserved regarding drainage districts. Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 Under county law or policy, a county drainage board may be required to retain the minutes of meetings for more than 10 years. Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1