Wisconsin Code § 34.05

Designation of public depositories
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(1) The governing board of each public depositor shall, by resolution, designate one or more public depositories, organized and doing business under the laws of this state or federal law and located in this
state, in which the treasurer of the governing board shall deposit
all public moneys received by him or her and specify whether the
moneys shall be maintained in time deposits subject to the limitations of s. 66.0603 (1m), demand deposits, or savings deposits
and whether a surety bond or other security shall be required to
be furnished under s. 34.07 by the public depository to secure the
repayment of such deposits. A designation of a public depository
by the governing board shall be a designation of the public depository for all treasurers of the governing board and for all public
depositors for which each treasurer shall act.
(2) Whenever any governing board fails or refuses to designate a public depository, the treasurer of the public depositor, after notice in writing to each member of the governing board and
subject to further action of the governing board, may designate
public depositories for no longer than 90 days in the same manner
as if designated by the governing board.
(3) Every treasurer shall deposit public moneys immediately
upon receipt in the name of the public depositor in the public depository or public depositories designated by the governing
board.
(4) Notwithstanding sub. (1), s. 66.0603 (1m) (a) , or any
other provision of law, the governing board of a public depositor
may direct the treasurer of the governing board to deposit public
moneys in a selected public depository and, directly or through an
authorized agent, instruct the public depository to arrange for the
redeposit of the moneys through a deposit placement program
that meets all of the following conditions:
(a) On or after the date that it receives the public moneys, the
selected public depository arranges for the redeposit of the moneys into deposit accounts in one or more federal or state savings
and loan associations, state banks, federal or state savings banks,
savings and trust companies, or national banks insured by the federal deposit insurance corporation or federal or state credit unions
insured by the national credit union administration.
(b) The full amount of the public depositor’s moneys redeposited by the selected depository into deposit accounts with the
financial institutions identified in par. (a), plus any accrued interest, are insured by the federal deposit insurance corporation or
national credit union administration.

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