Constitutional HighlightsConstitutional Highlights are published periodically to give in-depth treatment to a particular aspect of Wisconsin constitutional law.Article XI Section 3: Municipal Home Rule- June 17, 2004 For most of the 19th Century, the legislature governed the political organization of Wisconsin cities and villages by enacting charters for their incorporation. Amendments to the Wisconsin Constitution in 1892, however, prohibited the legislature from incorporating any city or village by special act. In 1924, the Wisconsin Constitution was amended to establish municipal home rule.http://www.legis.wisconsin.gov/lrb/pubs/consthi/04consthiIV3.htm |