213.07 Town fire company reports; exemptions.

213.07

213.07 Town fire company reports; exemptions. The secretary of each corporation organized under s. 213.05 shall, within 10 days after the election of officers in each year, deliver to the town clerk a report giving the names of the officers elected for the ensuing year and the names of all active members of the corporation on the date of the election. The town clerk shall file the report in the clerk's office and, when required, give a receipt therefor. Each member of the corporation reported to the clerk under this section shall be exempted from military duty except in case of war, invasion or insurrection. A corporation organized under s. 213.05 and each of the active members of the corporation shall have and be entitled to all of the benefits conferred upon fire companies and the members of fire companies by any general law of the state. Any secretary of a corporation organized under s. 213.05 who falsely reports to the town clerk that any person is a member of the corporation for the purpose of getting the person the benefits conferred in this section shall forfeit $25 for each offense.

213.07 - ANNOT.

History: 1991 a. 316; 1997 a. 254.