Legal Opinion
Opinion No. Oag 30-90, (1990)
Wisconsin Attorney General Reports
Decided October 8, 1990Published
1Opinion of the Court
DENNIS E. KENEALY, Corporation Counsel Ozaukee County
You have asked for my opinion as to whether Ozaukee County is required to pay, or whether it may pay, the bar dues of the Ozaukee County District Attorney and Assistant District Attorneys in light of an earlier opinion issued at 74 Op. Att'y Gen. 165 (1985).
In my opinion, the county is not required to pay the bar dues of the district attorney and her assistants. However, a district attorney or assistant district attorney may elect under section978.12 (6)(a), Stats., to retain a county fringe benefits package that includes payment of bar…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Arline M. Soderbeck v. Burnett County, Wisconsin, and Robert Kellberg, Individually and as Sheriff of Burnett CountyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1987
- Committee to Retain Judge Byers v. Elections BoardCourt of Appeals of Wisconsin · 1980