Section 66.0608. Separate accounts for municipal fire, emergency medical technician, and first responder volunteer funds.

 

(1)   Definitions. In this section:

(a) “Emergency medical technician" has the meaning given in s. 256.01 (5) .

(b) “Emergency medical technician volunteer funds" means funds of a municipality that are raised by employees of the municipality's emergency medical technician department, by volunteers, or by donation to the emergency medical technician department, for the benefit of the municipality's emergency medical technician department.

(c) “Fire volunteer funds" means funds of a municipality that are raised by employees of the municipality's fire department, by volunteers, or by donation to the fire department, for the benefit of the municipality's fire department.

(d) “First responder" has the meaning given in s. 256.01 (9) .

(e) “First responder volunteer funds" means funds of a municipality that are raised by employees of the municipality's first responder department, by volunteers, or by donation to the first responder department, for the benefit of the municipality's first responder department.

(f) “Municipality" means any city, village, or town.

(g) “Public depository" has the meaning given in s. 34.01 (5) .

(h) “Volunteer funds" means emergency medical technician volunteer funds, fire volunteer funds, or first responder volunteer funds.

(2)   General authority. Subject to subs. (3) and (4) , the governing body of a municipality may enact an ordinance that does all of the following:

(a) Authorizes a particular official or employee of the municipality's fire department, emergency medical technician department, or first responder department to deposit volunteer funds of the department for which the individual serves as an official or employee, in an account in the name of the fire department, emergency medical technician department, or first responder department, in a public depository.

(b) Gives the municipality's fire department, emergency medical technician department, or first responder department, through the official or employee described under par. (a) , exclusive control over the expenditure of volunteer funds of the department for which the individual serves as an official or employee in an account described under par. (a) .

(3)   Limitations, requirements. An ordinance enacted under sub. (2) may include any of the following limitations or requirements:

(a) A limit on the type and amount of funds that may be deposited into the account described under sub. (2) (a) .

(b) A limit on the amount of withdrawals from the account described under sub. (2) (a) that may be made, and a limit on the purposes for which such withdrawals may be made.

(c) Reporting and audit requirements that relate to the account described under sub. (2) (a) .

(4)   Ownership of funds. Notwithstanding an ordinance enacted under sub. (2) , volunteer funds shall remain the property of the municipality until the funds are disbursed.

2001 a. 16 ; 2007 a. 130 .