{"id":"WI-024","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"Wisconsin","state":"WI","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Wisconsin Supreme Court","authority":"Bypass from the Court of Appeals; Wis. Stat. § 252.03; Dane County Ordinance § 46.40","instrument":"Becker v. Dane County, 2022 WI 63, Nos. 2021AP1343 \u0026 2021AP1382, ¶¶ 1-2","title":"Wis. Stat. § 252.03 authorizes local health officers to issue enforceable public health orders; Dane County Ordinance § 46.40 (civil citations) is not preempted; the delegation is constitutional","dateIssued":"2022-07-08","effective":"2022-07-08 (construing § 252.03 (2019-20) as it stood throughout 2020-2021)","end":"n/a","startDate":"2022-07-08","endDate":"","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["OTHER"],"addressees":["local health officers","Dane County"],"clause":"¶2 On the statutory question, we hold that Wis. Stat. § 252.03 grants local health officers the authority to issue orders. As for preemption, we hold that no state law preempts [the ordinance]. [On the constitutional] question, we hold that a local health officer\u0027s authority to issue enforceable public health orders pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 252.03 and Dane County Ordinance § 46.40 does not run afoul of [the nondelegation doctrine].","enforcement":"Affirmance","functions":["validates every county and city health-officer order in force in Wisconsin 2020-2021, including Q3 2021 (Dane County mask order Aug. 19, 2021)"],"notes":"Post-period decision; cited for the legal status of the local orders that governed Wisconsin\u0027s metros after May 13, 2020.","sourceUrl":"https://www.wicourts.gov/sc/opinion/DisplayDocument.pdf?content=pdf\u0026seqNo=537853","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":565658,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"DUT-WI","url":"/library/WI-024","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/WI-024","citation":"Wisconsin Supreme Court, Becker v. Dane County, 2022 WI 63, Nos. 2021AP1343 \u0026 2021AP1382, ¶¶ 1-2 (July 8, 2022) (Ex. WI-024)","stateName":"Wisconsin","related":["DUT-WI-017","MET-MKE-027","DUT-WI-002","MET-MKE-006"]}