Legal Opinion
Opinion No. Oag 39-75, (1975)
Wisconsin Attorney General Reports
Decided October 9, 1975PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DENNIS J. FLYNN, Corporation Counsel, Racine County
You request my opinion whether Racine County can use county funds and county employes to improve, reconstruct, alter or repair existing homes of private citizens who do not qualify for aid under ch. 49, Stats., without utilizing a housing authority pursuant to secs. 59.075, 66.40-66.404, Stats.
Stated another way, you inquire whether a county under 500,000 population can do directly all those things referred to in secs. 66.40-66.404 and particularly sec. 66.40 (9), Stats., which it can do indirectly by creation of a housing authority. It is my…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- State Ex Rel. Hammermill Paper Co. v. La PlanteWisconsin Supreme Court · 1973
- Maier v. Racine CountyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1957
- Heimerl v. Ozaukee CountyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1949
- Garfield Investment Co. v. Town of OconomowocWisconsin Supreme Court · 1950