LRB-4870/2
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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
April 7, 2006 - Introduced by Representatives Montgomery, Nerison, Honadel,
Zepnick, Meyer, Hundertmark, Pettis, Ott, F. Lasee, Musser, Van Roy and
Kreibich, cosponsored by Senators Cowles, Zien, Lazich, Breske and Hansen.
Referred to Committee on Energy and Utilities.
AB1173,1,3
1An Act to create 26.03 (1v) of the statutes;
relating to: the prohibition against
2the harvest of raw forest products from tax delinquent lands and notice and
3recording requirements for persons who harvest raw forest products.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, with certain exceptions, no person may harvest any raw
forest products from any land for which taxes are delinquent. Current law also
requires a person who proposes to harvest raw forest products to give the clerk of the
county in which the land is located 14 days' notice of the intention to harvest the
products. The clerk must then give notice to the town chairperson of each town in
which the land is located and to the county treasurer. If the county treasurer
determines that there are unpaid taxes on the land, the county treasurer must take
action to collect the unpaid taxes or prevent the harvesting of the raw forest products.
Current law also prohibits the purchaser of Indian reservation land or land to be
placed upon the tax roll for the first time from harvesting raw forest products unless
the purchaser first records the title to the land in the office of the register of deeds
for the county in which the land is located.
This bill exempts certain entities from these current law provisions. Under the
bill, these provisions do not apply to the harvesting of raw forest products for the
purpose of establishing or maintaining a railroad track or structure, a pipeline, or
a utility right-of-way by an alternative telecommunications utility, an electric
cooperative, a public utility, a railroad, a telecommunications carrier, a
telecommunications utility, or a corporation that transports natural gas, petroleum
products, water, or sewage through pipelines.
For further information see the state and local 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:
AB1173, s. 1
1Section
1. 26.03 (1v) of the statutes is created to read:
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26.03
(1v) Exceptions. This section does not apply to the harvesting of raw
3forest products for the purpose of establishing or maintaining a railroad track or
4structure, a pipeline, or a utility right-of-way by any of the following:
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(a) An alternative telecommunications utility, as defined in s. 196.01 (1d).
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(b) An electric cooperative, as defined in s. 196.025 (5) (ag).
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(c) A public utility, as defined in s. 196.01 (5).
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(d) A railroad, as defined in s. 195.02.
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(e) A telecommunications carrier, as defined in s. 196.01 (8m).
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(f) A telecommunications utility, as defined in s. 196.01 (10).
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(g) A corporation licensed to do business in this state that is engaged in the
12business of transporting natural gas, petroleum products, water, or sewage through
13pipelines.
