1995 Wisconsin Act 136

  Date of enactment: February 13, 1996
1995 Assembly Bill 240   Date of publication*: February 27, 1996

* Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes 1993-94: Effective date of acts. “Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor's partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication as designated" by the secretary of state [the date of publication may not be more than 10 working days after the date of enactment].

1995 WISCONSIN ACT 136

An Act to amend 70.337 (3) and 70.337 (7) of the statutes; relating to: exempting certain land from tax-exempt property reporting requirements.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

136,1 Section 1 . 70.337 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

70.337 (3) The department of revenue shall prescribe the contents of the form for reporting the information required under sub. (1), including the categories of value of property that the department of revenue determines will result in the best estimate of the value of tax-exempt property in this state. The department of revenue shall also prescribe the contents of the form under sub. (2). The form under sub. (2) shall provide for estimates of the value of tax-exempt property in the taxation district that is owned by various categories of owners, including property that is owned by the state; cities, villages and towns; school districts; counties; benevolent and educational associations; fraternal and labor organizations; nonprofit hospitals; private colleges; and churches and religious associations. The forms under subs. (1) and (2) shall be prepared and distributed under s. 70.09 (3).

136,2 Section 2 . 70.337 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:

70.337 (7) This section does not apply to property that is exempt under s. 70.11 (1), (2), (13), (13m), (15), (15m), (21) or (30), property that is exempt under s. 70.11 (18) if a payment in lieu of taxes is made for that property, lake beds owned by the state, state forests under s. 28.03 or 28.035, county forests under s. 28.10 or highways, as defined in s. 340.01 (22).