Legal Opinion
Opinion No. Oag 50-76, (1976)
Wisconsin Attorney General Reports
Decided August 5, 1976PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OWEN R. WILLIAMS, District Attorney, St. Croix County
You ask whether one individual may serve simultaneously as trustee of a county hospital and as a member of the community mental health, mental retardation, alcoholism and drug abuse board for that county established under sec. 51.42, Stats. This will confirm an oral response previously provided to you.
The rule for determining whether two offices are incompatible is stated in 58 OAG 247 (1969):
". . . two offices are incompatible if there is a conflict of interest or duties, so that the incumbent of one office cannot discharge with fidelity…