102,3 Section 3. 30.35 (7) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
30.35 (7) (d) Administrators, executors Personal representatives, guardians, trustees, and other fiduciaries.
102,4 Section 4. 30.541 (3) (d) 1. a. and b. of the statutes are amended to read:
30.541 (3) (d) 1. a. Evidence satisfactory to the department of the appointment of a trustee in bankruptcy or of the issuance of the letters of administration, letters testamentary or other letters authorizing the administration of a decedent's estate, letters of guardianship, or letters of trust or appointment of a trustee in bankruptcy.
b. Title executed by the administrator, executor personal representative, guardian, or trustee.
102,5 Section 5. 36.29 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
36.29 (2) All gifts, grants, or bequests under sub. (1) may be made to the board, the president, a chancellor, or any officer, or to any person as trustee, or may be charged upon any executor personal representative, trustee, heir, devisee, or legatee, or made in any other manner indicating an intention to create a trust, and may be made as well for the benefit of the system or any of its institutions, colleges, schools, departments, or facilities to provide any means of instruction, illustration, or knowledge in connection therewith, or for the benefit of any students or any class or group of students whether by way of scholarship, fellowship, or otherwise, or whether for the benefit of students or any class or group of students in any course, subcourse, special course, postgraduate course, summer school or teachers course, oratorical or debating course, laboratory, shop, lectureship, drill, gymnasium or any other like division or department of study, experiment, research, observation, travel, or mental or physical improvement in any manner connected with the system, or to provide for the voluntary retirement of any of the faculty.
102,6 Section 6. 39.32 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
39.32 (6) The board shall satisfy the loan of any student who obtained a loan under this section or under s. 39.023, 1965 stats., between July 1, 1966, and December 15, 1968, where such if the student died or dies after July 1, 1966, and before completing repayment thereof of the loan, and shall write off the balance of principal and interest owing on the loan on the date it that the board received confirmation of such the student's death. Obligation to repay such a loan shall terminate on the date of the student's death and any payments made thereon on the loan to the board after such the date of the student's death shall be refunded to the payor or the payor's heirs, executor or administrator personal representative upon receipt by the board of an application for refund.
102,7 Section 7. 45.37 (10) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
45.37 (10) (d) A person who at the time of death is a member of the home is a resident of Waupaca County for the probate of the person's will and, issuance of letters testamentary or other letters authorizing the administration of the decedent's estate, and the administration of the estate.
102,8 Section 8. 59.35 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
59.35 (2) The coroner shall be responsible for every default or misconduct in office of a deputy coroner during the coroner's term of office, and after the coroner's death, resignation, or removal from office of the coroner, as well as before; and an. An action for any such default or misconduct under this subsection may be prosecuted against the coroner and the sureties on the coroner's official bond or against the executors and administrators of the coroner coroner's personal representative.
102,9 Section 9. 66.0823 (13) of the statutes is renumbered 66.0823 (13) (a) (intro.) and amended to read:
66.0823 (13) (a) (intro.) Public officers and agencies of the state, political subdivisions, insurance companies, trust companies, banks, savings banks, savings and loan associations, investment companies, personal representatives, executors, administrators, trustees and other fiduciaries Any of the following may properly and legally invest funds, including capital in their control or belonging to them, in bonds of the authority.:
(b) The authority's bonds are securities that may properly and legally be deposited with and received by any officer or agency of the state or any political subdivision for any purpose for which the deposit of bonds or obligation obligations of the state or any political subdivision is authorized by law.
Note: Subdivides long provision for improved readability and conformity with current style. See the next section of this bill.
102,10 Section 10. 66.0823 (13) (a) 1. to 11. of the statutes are created to read:
66.0823 (13) (a) 1. Public officers and agencies of the state.
2. Political subdivisions.
3. Insurance companies.
4. Trust companies.
5. Banks.
6. Savings banks.
7. Savings and loan associations.
8. Investment companies.
9. Personal representatives.
10. Trustees.
11. Other fiduciaries not listed in this paragraph.
Note: See the previous section of this bill.
102,11 Section 11. 66.0825 (15) of the statutes is renumbered 66.0825 (15) (a) (intro.) and amended to read:
66.0825 (15) (a) (intro.) All public officers and agencies and political subdivisions of the state and all insurance companies, trust companies, banks, savings banks, savings and loan associations, investment companies, executors, administrators, trustees and other fiduciaries Any of the following may invest funds, including capital in their control or belonging to them, in bonds issued by a company under this section.:
(b) The bonds described in par. (a) may be deposited with and received by any officer or agency of the state or any political subdivision for any purpose for which the deposit of bonds or obligation obligations of the state or any political subdivision is authorized by law.
Note: See the next section of this bill.
102,12 Section 12. 66.0825 (15) (a) 1. to 10. of the statutes are created to read:
66.0825 (15) (a) 1. Public officers and agencies and political subdivisions of the state.
2. Insurance companies.
3. Trust companies.
4. Banks.
5. Savings banks.
6. Savings and loan associations.
7. Investment companies.
8. Personal representatives.
9. Trustees.
10. Other fiduciaries not listed in this paragraph.
Note: See the previous section of this bill.
102,13 Section 13. 66.1309 (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 66.1309 (2) (intro.) and amended to read:
66.1309 (2) (intro.) Notwithstanding any other law or the absence of direct provision for transfer of land in the instrument under which a fiduciary is acting, every executor, administrator, trustee, guardian or other person, holding trust funds or acting in a fiduciary capacity fiduciary, unless the instrument under which the fiduciary is acting expressly forbids, the state, its subdivisions, cities, all other public bodies, all public officers, corporations organized under or subject to the provisions of the banking law, the division of banking as conservator, liquidator or rehabilitator of any person, partnership or corporation, persons, partnerships and corporations organized under or subject to the provisions of the banking law, the commissioner of insurance as conservator, liquidator or rehabilitator of any person, partnership or corporation, any of which and every governmental unit, bank, or conservator that owns or holds any real property within a development area, may do all of the following:
Note: Subdivides long provision by moving text to separate definitions for improved readability and conformity with current style. See the next section of this bill.
102,14 Section 14. 66.1309 (1) of the statutes is created to read:
66.1309 (1) In this section:
(a) "Bank" means a corporation organized under or subject to the provisions of the banking law.
(b) "Conservator" means any of the following:
1. The division of banking as conservator, liquidator, or rehabilitator of any person, partnership, or corporation, and persons, partnerships, and corporations organized under or subject to the provisions of the banking law.
2. The commissioner of insurance as conservator, liquidator, or rehabilitator of any person, partnership, or corporation.
(c) "Fiduciary" means a personal representative, trustee, guardian, or other person holding trust funds or acting in a fiduciary capacity.
(d) "Governmental unit" means the state, its subdivisions, cities, all other public bodies, and all public officers.
102,15 Section 15. 66.1317 (2) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
66.1317 (2) (a) 1. Every executor, administrator personal representative, trustee, guardian, committee, or other person or corporation holding trust funds or acting in a fiduciary capacity.
102,16 Section 16. 70.19 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
70.19 (1) When personal property shall be is assessed under s. 70.18 (1) to some a person in charge or possession thereof of the personal property other than the owner or person beneficially entitled thereto as hereinbefore provided, the assessment thereof of that personal property shall be entered upon the assessment roll separately from the same person's assessment of the that person's own personal property, adding to the person's name upon such the tax roll words briefly indicating that such the assessment is made to the person as the person in charge or possession thereof as occupant or possessor of the premises on which such property is stored or piled or as the spouse, agent, lessee, occupant, mortgagee, pledgee, executor, administrator, trustee, assignee, receiver or other representative of the owner or person beneficially entitled thereto; but a of the property. The failure to enter such the assessment separately or to indicate the representative capacity or other relationship of the person assessed shall not affect the validity of the assessment.
Note: See the note following the next section of this bill.
102,17 Section 17. 70.19 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
70.19 (2) The person so assessed under sub. (1) and s. 70.18 (1) is personally liable for the tax on the property. The person assessed under sub. (1) and s. 70.18 (1) has a personal right of action against the owner or person beneficially entitled to of the property for the amount of the taxes and; has a lien for that amount upon the property with the rights and remedies for the preservation and enforcement of that lien as provided in ss. 779.45 and 779.48,; and is entitled to retain possession of the property until the owner or person beneficially entitled to of the property pays the tax on the property or reimburses the person assessed for the tax if paid by that person. The lien and right of possession relate back and exist from the time when that the assessment is made, but may be released and discharged by giving to the person assessed such undertaking or other indemnity as the person accepts or by giving the person assessed a bond in the amount and with the sureties as is directed and approved by the circuit judge court of the county in which the property is assessed, upon 8 days' notice to the person assessed. The bond shall be conditioned to hold and keep the person against whom the assessment is made assessed free and harmless from any and all costs, expense, liability or damage by reason of the assessment.
Note: Conforms provision to s. 70.18, which provides for the assessment of personal property to a person other than the owner. Prior to enactment of ch. 366 of the laws of 1959, ss. 70.18 and 70.19 referred to "owner or person beneficially interested" and the capacity of persons who might hold property for a person beneficially interested. The references to persons beneficially interested and the capacity of the persons holding the property were deleted from s. 70.18 by ch. 366 of the laws of 1959, but not from s. 70.19. As s. 70.19 relates to assessments under s. 70.18 and as s. 70.18, as affected by ch. 366 of the laws of 1959, applies to persons possessing personal property of others regardless of capacity, the references to persons beneficially interested and the capacity of persons holding property for those persons in s. 70.19 are unnecessary after their deletion from s. 70.18.
102,18 Section 18. 70.21 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
70.21 (title) Partnership; estates in hands of executor personal representative; personal property, how assessed.
102,19 Section 19. 70.21 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
70.21 (1) Except as provided in sub. (2), the personal property of a partnership may be assessed in the names of the persons composing such the partnership, so far as known or in the firm name or title under which the partnership business is conducted, and each partner shall be liable for the taxes levied thereon on the partnership's personal property.
(1m) Undistributed personal property belonging to the estate of a person deceased decedent shall be assessed to the executor or administrator if one shall have as follows:
(a) If a personal representative has been appointed and qualified, on the first day of January in the year in which the assessment is made, otherwise it the property shall be assessed to the personal representative.
(b) If a personal representative has not been appointed and qualified, on the first day of January in the year in which the assessment is made, the property may be assessed to the decedent's estate of such deceased person, and the. The tax thereon on the property shall be paid by the executor or administrator personal representative if one be thereafter is subsequently appointed, otherwise or by the person or persons in possession of such the property at the time of the assessment if a personal representative is not appointed.
Note: Subdivides provision, reorders text, and inserts specific references to improve readability and conformity with current style.
102,20 Section 20. 70.22 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
70.22 (1) In case one or more of 2 or more executors of the will or administrators personal representatives or trustees of the estate of a decedent whose domicile at the time of the decedent's death was who died domiciled in this state are not residents of the state, the taxable personal property belonging to the estate shall be assessed to the executors, administrators personal representatives or trustees residing in this state. In case there are 2 or more executors, administrators personal representatives or trustees of the same estate residing in this state, but in different taxation districts, the assessment of the taxable personal property belonging to the estate shall be in the name names of all of the executors, administrators personal representatives or trustees of the estate residing in this state. In case the executor, administrator no personal representative or trustee, or all of them if more than one, do not reside resides in this state, the taxable personal property belonging to the estate may be assessed in the name of the executors or administrators personal representative or trustee, or in the names of all of the personal representatives or trustees if there are more than one, or in the name of the estate.
Note: Reorders text and eliminates unnecessary language. In the last sentence, "trustee" is added for internal consistency.
102,21 Section 21. 70.22 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
70.22 (2) (b) Before allowing the final account of a nonresident executor, administrator personal representative or trustee, the court shall ascertain whether there are or will be any taxes remaining unpaid or to be paid on account of personal property belonging to the estate, and shall make any order or direction that is necessary to provide for the payment of the taxes.
102,22 Section 22. 70.22 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
70.22 (3) The provisions of this section shall not impair or affect any remedy given by other provisions of law for the collection or enforcement of taxes upon personal property assessed to executors, administrators personal representatives or trustees.
102,23 Section 23. 70.36 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
70.36 (1) Any person, firm or corporation in this state owning or holding any personal property of any nature or description that is subject to assessment, individually or as agent, trustee, guardian, administrator, executor personal representative, assignee, or receiver or in some other representative capacity, which property is subject to assessment, who shall intentionally make makes a false statement to the assessor of that person's, firm's or corporation's assessment district or to the board of review thereof of the assessment district with respect to such the property, or who shall omit omits any property from any return required to be made under s. 70.35, with the intent of avoiding the payment of the just and proportionate taxes thereon on the property, shall forfeit the sum of $10 for every $100 or major fraction thereof of $100 so withheld from the knowledge of such the assessor or board of review.
Note: Reorders text, inserts specific references, and eliminates unnecessary language.
102,24 Section 24. 71.03 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
71.03 (2) (b) Deceased person. The executor, administrator personal representative or other person charged with the property of a decedent shall file a the return of such individual the decedent required under this section.
102,25 Section 25. 71.13 (2) (a) and (b) of the statutes are amended to read:
71.13 (2) (a) An executor, administrator, A personal representative or trustee applying to a court having jurisdiction for a discharge of his or her trust and a final settlement of his or her accounts, before his or her the application is granted, shall file all of the following with the department:
1. Returns of income received by the deceased decedent, any previous guardian, executor, administrator, personal representative, or trustee, during each of the years open to assessment under s. 71.77, if such the returns had not theretofore previously been filed, including a return of income for the year of death to the date of death.
2. Returns of income received during the period of his or her the personal representative's or trustee's administration or trust except for the final income tax year of the estate or trust.
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