SB388-SSA1,20 5Section 20. 66.1105 (4) (gm) 4. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB388-SSA1,12,106 66.1105 (4) (gm) 4. a. Not Except as provided in subd. 4. am., not less than 50
7percent, by area, of the real property within the district is at least one of the following:
8a blighted area; in need of rehabilitation or conservation work, as defined in s.
966.1337 (2m) (a); suitable for industrial sites within the meaning of s. 66.1101 and
10has been zoned for industrial use; or suitable for mixed-use development; and
SB388-SSA1,21 11Section 21. 66.1105 (4) (gm) 4. am. of the statutes is created to read:
SB388-SSA1,12,1412 66.1105 (4) (gm) 4. am. If the district is a workforce housing development
13district, 100 percent, by area, of the real property within the district is suitable for
14a workforce housing development district and will be used for workforce housing.
SB388-SSA1,22 15Section 22. 66.1105 (4) (gm) 4. bm. of the statutes, as affected by 2017
16Wisconsin Act 15
, is amended to read:
SB388-SSA1,12,2117 66.1105 (4) (gm) 4. bm. The project costs relate directly to eliminating blight,
18directly serve to rehabilitate or conserve the area, directly increase workforce
19housing,
or directly serve to promote industrial or mixed-use development,
20consistent with the purpose for which the tax incremental district is created under
21subd. 4. a. or am.; and
SB388-SSA1,23 22Section 23. 66.1105 (4) (gm) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB388-SSA1,13,523 66.1105 (4) (gm) 6. Declares that the district is a blighted area district, a
24rehabilitation or conservation district, an industrial district, a workforce housing
25development district,
or a mixed-use district based on the identification and

1classification of the property included within the district under par. (c) and subd. 4.
2a. or am. If the district is not exclusively blighted, rehabilitation or conservation,
3industrial, workforce housing, or mixed use, the declaration under this subdivision
4shall be based on which classification is predominant with regard to the area
5described in subd. 4. a.
SB388-SSA1,24 6Section 24. 66.1105 (4m) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB388-SSA1,13,237 66.1105 (4m) (b) 2. No tax incremental district may be created and no project
8plan may be amended unless the board approves the resolution adopted under sub.
9(4) (gm) or (h) 1., and no tax incremental base may be redetermined under sub. (5)
10(h) unless the board approves the resolution adopted under sub. (5) (h) 1., by a
11majority vote within 45 days after receiving the resolution, except that with regard
12to a workforce housing development district, the board must approve the resolution
13adopted under sub. (4) (gm) or (h) 1. by a unanimous vote
. With regard to a
14multijurisdictional tax incremental district created under this section, each public
15member of a participating city must be part of the majority that votes for approval
16of the resolution or the district may not be created. The board may not approve the
17resolution under this subdivision unless the board's approval contains a positive
18assertion that, in its judgment, the development described in the documents the
19board has reviewed under subd. 1. would not occur without the creation of a tax
20incremental district. The board may not approve the resolution under this
21subdivision unless the board finds that, with regard to a tax incremental district that
22is proposed to be created by a city under sub. (17) (a), such a district would be the only
23existing district created under that subsection by that city.
SB388-SSA1,25 24Section 25. 66.1105 (6) (a) 8. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB388-SSA1,14,11
166.1105 (6) (a) 8. Twenty-seven years after the tax incremental district is
2created if the district is created on or after October 1, 2004, and if the district is a
3district specified under sub. (4) (gm) 6. other than a district specified under subd. 7.
4or 14. If the life of the district is extended under sub. (7) (am) 3. an allocation under
5this subdivision may be made 30 years after such a district is created. If the life of
6the district is extended under sub. (7) (am) 4., an allocation under this subdivision
7may be made for not more than an additional 3 years after allocations would
8otherwise have been terminated under this subdivision. For a tax incremental
9district created after March 3, 2016, the period during which a tax increment may
10be allocated under this subdivision shall be increased by one year if that district's
11project plan is adopted under sub. (4) (g) after September 30 and before May 15.
SB388-SSA1,26 12Section 26. 66.1105 (6) (a) 14. of the statutes is created to read:
SB388-SSA1,14,1413 66.1105 (6) (a) 14. Fifteen years after the tax incremental district is created if
14the district is a workforce housing development district.
SB388-SSA1,27 15Section 27 . 66.1105 (6) (g) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB388-SSA1,14,1916 66.1105 (6) (g) 3. If a city receives tax increments as described in subd. 2., the
17city shall use at least 75 percent of the increments received to benefit affordable
18workforce housing in the city. The remaining portion of the increments shall be used
19by the city to improve the city's housing stock.
SB388-SSA1,28 20Section 28. 66.1105 (7) (ak) 5. of the statutes is created to read:
SB388-SSA1,14,2221 66.1105 (7) (ak) 5. For a workforce housing development district, 15 years after
22the district is created.
SB388-SSA1,29 23Section 29 . 70.05 (4m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB388-SSA1,15,1224 70.05 (4m) A taxation district assessor may not enter upon a person's real
25property for purposes of conducting an assessment under this chapter more than

1once in each year, except that an assessor may enter upon a person's real property
2for purposes of conducting an assessment under this chapter more often if the
3property owner consents. A property owner may deny entry to an assessor of the
4interior of the owner's residence
if the owner has given prior notice to the assessor
5that the assessor may not enter the property interior of the residence without the
6property owner's permission. Each taxation district assessor shall create and
7maintain a database identifying all such property owners in the taxation district.
8A property owner's refusal to allow the assessor to enter the interior of the owner's
9residence shall not preclude the property owner from appearing before the board of
10review to object to the property's valuation, as provided under s. 70.47 (7), and the
11assessor may not increase the property's valuation based solely on the property
12owner's refusal to allow entry.
SB388-SSA1,30 13Section 30 . 70.05 (4n) of the statutes is created to read:
SB388-SSA1,15,1714 70.05 (4n) If a taxation district assessor is requesting to view the interior of a
15residence, the assessor shall provide written notice to the property owner of the
16property owner's rights regarding the inspection of the interior of the owner's
17residence. The notice shall be in substantially the following form:
SB388-SSA1,15,1818 PROPERTY OWNER RIGHTS
SB388-SSA1,16,219 You have the right to refuse entry into your residence pursuant to section 70.05
20(4m) of the Wisconsin statutes. Entry to view your property is prohibited unless
21voluntarily authorized by you. Pursuant to section 70.05 (4m) of the Wisconsin
22statutes, you have the right to refuse a visual inspection of the interior of your
23residence and your refusal to allow an interior inspection of your residence will not
24be used as the sole reason for increasing your property tax assessment. Refusing
25entry to your residence also does not prohibit you from objecting to your assessment

1pursuant to section 70.47 (7) of the Wisconsin statutes. Please indicate your consent
2or refusal to allow an interior visual inspection of your residence.
SB388-SSA1,31 3Section 31 . 70.47 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB388-SSA1,16,154 70.47 (1) Time and place of meeting. The board of review shall meet annually
5at any time during the 30-day 45-day period beginning on the 2nd 4th Monday of
6May April, but no sooner than 7 days after the last day on which the assessment roll
7is open for examination under s. 70.45
. In towns and villages the board shall meet
8at the town or village hall or some place designated by the town or village board. If
9there is no such hall, it shall meet at the clerk's office, or in towns at the place where
10the last annual town meeting was held. In cities the board shall meet at the council
11chamber or some place designated by the council and in cities of the 1st class in some
12place designated by the commissioner of assessments of such cities. A majority shall
13constitute a quorum except that 2 members may hold any hearing of the evidence
14required to be held by such board under subs. (8) and (10), if the requirements of sub.
15(9) are met.
SB388-SSA1,32 16Section 32 . 70.47 (7) (aa) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB388-SSA1,16,2117 70.47 (7) (aa) No person shall be allowed to appear before the board of review,
18to testify to the board by telephone or to contest the amount of any assessment of real
19or personal property if the person has refused a reasonable written request by
20certified mail of the assessor to view such property enter onto property to conduct an
21exterior view of the real or personal property being assessed
.
SB388-SSA1,33 22Section 33 . 70.47 (7) (af) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB388-SSA1,17,1023 70.47 (7) (af) No person may appear before the board of review, testify to the
24board by telephone or object to a valuation; if that valuation was made by the
25assessor or the objector using the income method; unless no later than 7 days before

1the first meeting of the board of review
the person supplies to the assessor all of the
2information about income and expenses, as specified in the manual under s. 73.03
3(2a), that the assessor requests. The municipality or county shall provide by
4ordinance for the confidentiality of information about income and expenses that is
5provided to the assessor under this paragraph and shall provide exceptions for
6persons using the information in the discharge of duties imposed by law or of the
7duties of their office or by order of a court. The information that is provided under
8this paragraph, unless a court determines that it is inaccurate, is not subject to the
9right of inspection and copying under s. 19.35 (1) unless a court determines before
10the first meeting of the board of review that the information is inaccurate
.
SB388-SSA1,34 11Section 34. 101.63 (5m) of the statutes is created to read:
SB388-SSA1,17,1612 101.63 (5m) Once every 6 years, review those portions of the state electrical
13wiring code promulgated by the department under s. 101.82 (1) that apply to
14dwellings. In its review, the department shall consult with the uniform dwelling code
15council and any council or committee created by the secretary to advise the
16department regarding the state electrical wiring code.
SB388-SSA1,35 17Section 35 . 227.115 (1) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
SB388-SSA1,17,1918 227.115 (1) Definition. In this section, “state housing strategy plan" means the
19plan developed under s. 16.302.
SB388-SSA1,36 20Section 36 . 227.115 (2) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB388-SSA1,17,2121 227.115 (2) (title) Report on Analysis of rules affecting housing.
SB388-SSA1,37 22Section 37 . 227.115 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 227.115 (2) (a) and
23amended to read:
SB388-SSA1,18,824 227.115 (2) (a) If a proposed rule directly or substantially affects may increase
25or decrease, either directly or indirectly, the cost of
the development, construction,

1cost, financing, purchasing, sale, ownership, or availability of housing in this state,
2the department agency promulgating the proposed rule shall prepare a report on the
3housing impact analysis for the proposed rule before it is submitted to the legislative
4council staff under s. 227.15. The department agency may request any information
5from other state agencies, local governments, or individuals or organizations that is
6reasonably necessary for the department agency to prepare the report. The
7department shall prepare the report within 30 days after the rule is submitted to the
8department
analysis.
SB388-SSA1,38 9Section 38 . 227.115 (2) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
SB388-SSA1,18,2210 227.115 (2) (b) On the same day that the agency submits the housing impact
11analysis to the legislative council staff under s. 227.15 (1), the agency shall also
12submit that analysis to the department of administration, to the governor, and to the
13chief clerks of each house of the legislature, who shall distribute the analysis to the
14presiding officers of their respective houses, to the chairpersons of the appropriate
15standing committees of their respective houses, as designated by those presiding
16officers, and to the cochairpersons of the joint committee for review of administrative
17rules. If a proposed rule is modified after the housing impact analysis is submitted
18under this paragraph so that the housing impact of the proposed rule is significantly
19changed, the agency shall prepare a revised housing impact analysis for the proposed
20rule as modified. A revised housing impact analysis shall be prepared and submitted
21in the same manner as an original housing impact analysis is prepared and
22submitted.
SB388-SSA1,39 23Section 39 . 227.115 (3) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB388-SSA1,18,2524 227.115 (3) (title) Findings of the department to be contained in the report
25housing impact analysis.
SB388-SSA1,40
1Section 40. 227.115 (3) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB388-SSA1,19,42 227.115 (3) (a) (intro.) The report of the department A housing impact analysis
3shall contain information about the effect of the proposed rule on housing in this
4state, including information on the effect of the proposed rule on all of the following:
SB388-SSA1,41 5Section 41 . 227.115 (3) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB388-SSA1,19,86 227.115 (3) (a) 2. The cost of developing, constructing, rehabilitating,
7improving or, maintaining single family, or owning single-family or multifamily
8dwellings.
SB388-SSA1,42 9Section 42 . 227.115 (3) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB388-SSA1,19,1110 227.115 (3) (a) 3. The purchase price of housing new homes or the fair market
11value of existing homes
.
SB388-SSA1,43 12Section 43 . 227.115 (3) (a) 6. of the statutes is created to read:
SB388-SSA1,19,1413 227.115 (3) (a) 6. The density, location, setback, size, or height of development
14on a lot, parcel, land division, or subdivision.
SB388-SSA1,44 15Section 44 . 227.115 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB388-SSA1,19,1716 227.115 (3) (b) The report A housing impact analysis shall analyze the relative
17impact of the effects of the proposed rule on low- and moderate-income households.
SB388-SSA1,45 18Section 45 . 227.115 (3) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
SB388-SSA1,19,2319 227.115 (3) (c) 1. Except as provided in subd. 2., a housing impact analysis shall
20provide reasonable estimates of the information under pars. (a) and (b) expressed as
21dollar figures and shall include descriptions of the immediate effect and, if
22ascertainable, the long-term effect. The agency shall include a brief summary or
23worksheet of computations used in determining any such dollar figures.
SB388-SSA1,20,224 2. If, after careful consideration, the agency determines that it is not possible
25to make an estimate expressed as dollar figures as provided in subd. 1., the analysis

1shall instead contain a statement to that effect setting forth the reasons for that
2determination.
SB388-SSA1,46 3Section 46 . 227.115 (3) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
SB388-SSA1,20,74 227.115 (3) (d) Except as otherwise specified in par. (a), a housing impact
5analysis shall be prepared on the basis of a median-priced single-family residence
6but may include estimates for larger developments as an analysis of the long-term
7effect of the proposed rule.
SB388-SSA1,47 8Section 47 . 227.115 (5) of the statutes is repealed.
SB388-SSA1,48 9Section 48 . 227.15 (1) of the statutes, as affected by 2017 Wisconsin Act 57,
10is amended to read:
SB388-SSA1,20,2411 227.15 (1) Submittal to legislative council staff. Prior to a public hearing
12on a proposed rule required under s. 227.16 or, if no such public hearing is required,
13prior to notice under s. 227.19, an agency shall submit the proposed rule to the
14legislative council staff for review. The proposed rule shall be in the form required
15under s. 227.14 (1), and shall include the material required under s. 227.14 (2), (3),
16and (4), any housing impact analysis required under s. 227.115 (2) (a), any revised
17housing impact analysis required under s. 227.115 (2) (b),
the economic impact
18analysis required under s. 227.137 (2), and any revised economic impact analysis
19required under s. 227.137 (4). An agency may not hold a public hearing on a proposed
20rule or give notice under s. 227.19 until after it has received a written report of the
21legislative council staff review of the proposed rule or until after the initial review
22period of 20 working days under sub. (2) (intro.), whichever comes first. An agency
23may give notice of a public hearing prior to receipt of the legislative council staff
24report. This subsection does not apply to rules promulgated under s. 227.24.
SB388-SSA1,49 25Section 49 . 227.19 (3) (g) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
SB388-SSA1,21,2
1227.19 (3) (g) Any housing impact analysis prepared under s. 227.115 (2) (a)
2and any revised housing impact analysis prepared under s. 227.115 (2) (b).
SB388-SSA1,50 3Section 50. 348.16 (3) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
SB388-SSA1,21,124 348.16 (3) (d) Subsection (2) does not apply to a motor vehicle that is being
5operated to deliver propane for heating purposes if the gross weight imposed on the
6highway by the vehicle does not exceed 30,000 pounds, for a vehicle with a single rear
7axle, or 40,000 pounds, for a vehicle with tandem rear axles, and, if the motor vehicle
8is a tank vehicle, the tank is loaded to no more than 50 percent of the capacity of the
9tank. A tank vehicle operated under this paragraph shall be equipped with a gauge
10on the tank that shows the amount of propane in the tank as a percent of the capacity
11of the tank and shall carry documentation of the capacity of the tank either on the
12cargo tank or in the cab of the vehicle.
SB388-SSA1,51 13Section 51. 349.16 (3) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
SB388-SSA1,22,214 349.16 (3) (d) The authority in charge of the maintenance of the highway shall
15exempt from the special or seasonal weight limitations imposed under sub. (1) (a) a
16motor vehicle that is being operated to deliver propane for heating purposes if the
17gross weight imposed on the highway by the vehicle does not exceed 30,000 pounds,
18for a vehicle with a single rear axle, or 40,000 pounds, for a vehicle with tandem rear
19axles, and, if the motor vehicle is a tank vehicle, the tank is loaded to no more than
2050 percent of the capacity of the tank. A tank vehicle operated under this paragraph
21shall be equipped with a gauge on the tank that shows the amount of propane in the
22tank as a percent of the capacity of the tank and shall carry documentation of the
23capacity of the tank either on the cargo tank or in the cab of the vehicle. A motor
24vehicle operated under this paragraph shall, to the extent practicable, make

1deliveries on seasonally weight-restricted roads at times of the day when the
2highways used are the least vulnerable.
SB388-SSA1,52 3Section 52. 706.05 (2m) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB388-SSA1,22,64 706.05 (2m) (b) 1. Descriptions of easements for the construction, operation,
5or maintenance of electric, gas, railroad, water, sewer, telecommunications, or
6telephone lines or facilities.
SB388-SSA1,53 7Section 53. Initial applicability.
SB388-SSA1,22,108 (1) Formal requisites for recording sewer easements. The treatment of
9section 706.05 (2m) (b) 1. of the statutes first applies to a description of an easement
10that is recorded on the effective date of this subsection.
SB388-SSA1,22,1311 (2) Development regulation. The treatment of section 66.10015 (2) (b) of the
12statutes first applies to an application for an approval that is filed on the effective
13date of this subsection.
SB388-SSA1,22,1614 (3) Housing impact analyses for bills. The treatment of section 13.099 (2) and
15(3) (title), (a) (intro.), 2., 3., 6., (b), (c), and (d) of the statutes first applies to a bill
16introduced on the effective date of this subsection.
SB388-SSA1,22,2217 (4) Housing impact analyses for rules. The treatment of sections 227.115 (1),
18(2) (b), (3) (title), (a) (intro.), 2., 3., and 6., (b), (c), and (d), and (5), 227.15 (1), and
19227.19 (3) (g) of the statutes, the renumbering and amendment of section 227.115 (2)
20of the statutes, and the amendment of section 227.115 (2) (title) of the statutes first
21apply to a proposed rule whose statement of scope is presented for approval under
22section 227.135 (2) of the statutes on the effective date of this subsection.
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