AB162: Bill Text

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2001 - 2002 LEGISLATURE

2001 Assembly BILL 162

March 1, 2001 - Introduced by Representatives Wood, Plouff, Staskunas, Ryba, Young, Huebsch, Schneider, F. Lasee, Townsend, Shilling, Gronemus, Miller, Turner, Boyle, Sykora, Berceau, Riley, Wasserman, Hahn, Stone and Williams, cosponsored by Senators Lazich, Huelsman, Roessler and Schultz. Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.

AB162,1,2 An Act to amend 77.64 (5) (h) and 77.64 (6) of the statutes; relating to: expired onetime rebates.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, an individual or married couple who received a rebate of nonbusiness consumer sales tax had until December 31, 2000, to cash the rebate. This bill extends the deadline for cashing a rebate to December 31, 2001.

For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.

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

AB162, s. 1 Section 1. 77.64 (5) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB162,2,2 77.64 (5) (h) If the department is unable to locate an individual or married couple who is eligible to receive a rebate under sub. (2) by December 31, 2000, or, notwithstanding ss. 14.58 (12) and 20.912 (1) and notwithstanding s. 20.912 (2) and (3), as affected by 1999 Wisconsin Act 9, if an individual or married couple who is issued a check, share draft or other draft and does not cash the check, share draft or other draft by December 31, 2000 2001, the right to the rebate lapses.

AB162, s. 2 Section 2. 77.64 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB162,2,5 77.64 (6) Sunset. This Except as provided in sub. (5) (h), this section does not apply after December 31, 2000.

AB162,2,6 (End)