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Historically, county sheriffs were prohibited from serving on district boards. Is that still true?

April 26, 2017County district historically Prohibited Sheriffs

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Historically, county sheriffs were prohibited from serving on district boards. Is that still true?

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No, county sheriffs may serve on technical college district boards. Despite the annotation that appears at the end of s. 38.08, Wis. Stats. referring to an opinion of the Attorney General about the incompatibility of offices of district board membership and the sheriff, due to a subsequent constitutional change, the prohibition on county sheriffs holding any other public office has been repealed. 12.