(1) WHO MAY FILE. Any interested person may
file a petition requesting that the commission issue a declaratory ruling about
the applicability to any person, property or state of facts of any provision of
the Municipal Employment Relations Act or any rule concerning its
administration.
(2) FORM, NUMBER OF
COPIES, FILING AND SERVICE. The petition shall be in writing in the form
described below and shall include the signature or a facsimile of the signature
of the party or representative filing the petition. A petition is not filed
unless it contains the required signature or signature facsimile and unless and
until the petition has been actually received by the commission at its Madison
office during normal business hours specified in s.
ERC 10.06(1). The petition shall be
transmitted to the commission as set forth in s.
ERC 10.06(1). If the petition is filed in
paper form, a total of 2 copies of the petition shall be included. The petition
shall be captioned as follows:
"STATE OF WISCONSIN
BEFORE THE WISCONSIN EMPLOYMENT
RELATIONS COMMISSION
___________________________________________________
In the Matter of the Petition of
(NAME OF PETITIONER)
Requesting a Sec. 227.41 (2) Stats., Declaratory
Ruling
Involving a Dispute Between the Petitioner and
(NAME OF OTHER PARTY)
__________________________________________________"
The party filing the petition shall, at the same time, serve
a copy, as set forth in s.
ERC 10.07, on any other party the petitioner seeks to bind
to the declaratory ruling.
(3)
CONTENTS. The petition shall include all of the following:
(a) The name and address of the petitioner,
and the name, address and phone number of its principal representative. Fax
numbers and e-mail addresses shall be included, if available.
(b) The name and address of any other party
the petitioner seeks to bind to the declaratory ruling, and the name, address
and phone number of its principal representative, if any. Fax numbers and
e-mail addresses shall be included, if available.
(c) A statement identifying the rule or
statute about which the declaratory ruling is requested.
(d) A clear and concise statement of the
declaratory ruling the petitioner is requesting the commission to
issue.
(4) STATEMENT IN
SUPPORT OF PETITION. The petitioner shall attach to each copy of the petition a
clear and concise statement of the facts and arguments relied upon by the
petitioner in support of the position taken by the petitioner.
