Opinion No. Oag 46-87, (1987)

JAMES C. PANKRATZ, Corporation Counsel Door County

In a 1981 opinion, my predecessor concluded that municipal libraries were a matter of paramount local concern and that cities and villages on the basis of home rule powers could therefore adopt rules different from those set forth in chapter 43, Stats. See 70 Op. Att'y Gen. 54, 58 (1981). In 1986, the Legislature enacted section 43.001 which consists of legislative findings and a declaration of policy regarding libraries. You ask whether the enactment of section 43.001 changes the conclusion in 70 Op. Att'y Gen. 54 that municipal libraries are…