809.104 Appeal of decisions relating to electronics and information technology manufacturing zone.

(1) Applicability. This section applies to the appeal of a judgment or order vacating, enjoining, reviewing, or otherwise relating to a decision by a state or local official, board, commission, condemnor, authority, or department concerning an electronics and information technology manufacturing zone designated under s. 238.396 (1m) and supersedes all inconsistent provisions of this chapter.

(2) Appeal as of right.

(a) Notwithstanding s. 808.03 (1), an appeal from a judgment or order of the trial court vacating, enjoining, reviewing, or otherwise relating to a decision by a state or local official, board, commission, condemnor, authority, or department concerning an electronics and information technology manufacturing zone designated under s. 238.396 (1m) may be taken to as a matter of right and is governed by this section.

(b) A party may initiate an appeal under this section by filing a notice of appeal with the clerk of the trial court in which the order or judgment appealed from was entered and shall specify in the notice of appeal the order or judgment appealed from. The appellant shall pay the filing fee with the notice of appeal. The clerk of the circuit court shall transmit to the court of appeals, within 3 days of the filing of the notice of appeal, a copy of the notice of appeal, the filing fee, and a copy of the circuit court record of the case maintained under s. 59.40 (2) (b) or (c). The clerk of the court of appeals shall file the appeal upon receipt of the items referred to in this paragraph.

(c) The appellant shall request a copy of the transcript of the court reporter's verbatim record of the proceedings for each of the parties to the appeal and make arrangements to pay for the transcript and copies within 5 days after the filing of the notice of appeal under par. (b).

(d) The appellant shall file a statement on transcript with the clerk of the court of appeals, shall file a copy of the statement on transcript with the clerk of the circuit court, and shall serve a copy of the statement on transcript on the other parties to the appeal within 5 days after the filing of the notice of appeal in the circuit court under par. (b). The statement on transcript shall either designate the portions of the transcript that have been requested by the appellant or contain a statement by the appellant that a transcript is not necessary for prosecution of the appeal. If a transcript is necessary for prosecution of the appeal, the statement on transcript shall also contain a statement by the court reporter that the appellant has requested copies of the transcript or designated portions thereof for each of the other parties; that the appellant has made arrangements to pay for the original transcript and for all copies for the other parties; the date on which the appellant requested the transcript and made arrangements to pay for it; and the date on which the transcript must be served on the parties.

(e) The court reporter shall serve copies of the transcript on the parties indicated in the statement on transcript within 5 days after the date the appellant requested copies of the transcript under par. (c).

(f) Subsequent proceedings in the appeal are governed by the procedures for civil appeals and the procedures under subch. VI, except as follows:

1. The appellant shall file a brief within 15 days after the filing of the record on appeal.

2. The respondent shall file a brief within 10 days after the service of the appellant's brief.

3. The appellant shall file within 10 days after the service of the respondent's brief a reply brief or statement that a reply brief will not be filed.

4. Within 3 days of receipt of the appellant's reply brief or statement that a reply brief will not be filed under subd. 3., the court of appeals shall certify the appeal to the supreme court under s. 809.61.

5. The supreme court shall give preference to a certification from the court of appeals under this section. If the supreme court refuses to take jurisdiction of the appeal certified to it by the court of appeals under this section, the appeal shall continue in the court of appeals as though the certification had not been made.

(3) Stay pending appeal. Any judgment or order of a circuit court vacating, enjoining, reviewing, or otherwise relating to a decision by a state or local official, board, commission, condemnor, authority, or department concerning an electronics and information technology manufacturing zone designated under s. 238.396 (1m) shall be stayed automatically upon the filing of an appeal as provided under this section. Any party to the proceeding may apply to the appellate court in which the case is pending at the time to request that the stay be modified or vacated.

History: 2017 a. 58; Sup. Ct. Order No. 19-01, 2019 WI 44, filed 4-22-19, eff. 7-1-19.