Wis. Stat. § 978.01
Number of district attorneys; election; term
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Current — January 1, 2007
As of January 1, 2003
(1) There shall be 71 district attorneys elected for full terms at the general election held in each even-numbered year. The regular term of office for each district attorney is 2 years, commencing on the first Monday of January next succeeding his or her election. Each county is a prosecutorial unit and shall elect a district attorney, except that Shawano and Menominee counties form one 2-county prosecutorial unit and shall elect a single district attorney by the combined electorate of the 2 counties.
(1) There shall be 71 district attorneys elected for full terms at the general election held in 2008 and quadrennially thereafter. The regular term of office for each district attorney is 4 years, commencing on the first Monday of January next succeeding his or her election. Each county is a prosecutorial unit and shall elect a district attorney, except that Shawano and Menominee counties form one 2-county prosecutorial unit and shall elect a single district attorney by the combined electorate of the 2 counties.
(2) (a) Except as provided in par. (b) , each district attorney serves on a full-time basis. (b) A district attorney serves on a part-time basis if his or her prosecutorial unit consists of Buffalo, Florence, Pepin, Trempealeau or Vernon county.
(2) (a) Except as provided in par. (b) , each district attorney serves on a full-time basis. (b) A district attorney serves on a part-time basis if his or her prosecutorial unit consists of Buffalo, Florence, or Pepin county.
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