Opinion No. Oag 8-91, (1991)

RENEE J. SAMUELSON, Corporation Counsel Waushara County

1989 Wisconsin Act 171 created section 59.07(34g), Stats., giving the county board the authority to establish the term of service of a highway commissioner who is elected under section83.01(1)(a). It also amended section 83.01(2). Before amendment that law provided that upon election the county highway commissioner served until the first Monday in January of the second year succeeding the year of the election and "if reelected it shall be for a term of two years." 1989 Wisconsin Act 171 amended section 83.01(2) to provide "[u]nless the…