Wisconsin Administrative Code
Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection
ATCP 20-54 - Agricultural Resource Management
Chapter ATCP 48 - Drainage districts
Subchapter VII - Drainage District Records and Financial Management
Section ATCP 48.46 - Records required

Universal Citation: WI Admin Code § ATCP 48.46

Current through February 24, 2025

(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.

Note: Under s. 88.19(4) to (7), Stats., the department may determine the records required to be preserved regarding drainage districts.

(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.

Note: Under county law or policy, a county drainage board may be required to retain the minutes of meetings for more than 10 years.

(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.

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