66.1106(7)(am)
(am) With regard to each district for which the department authorizes the allocation of a tax increment under
par. (a), the department shall charge the political subdivision that created the district an annual administrative fee of $150 that the political subdivision shall pay to the department no later than May 15. If the political subdivision does not pay the fee that is required under this paragraph, by May 15, the department may not authorize the allocation of a tax increment under
par. (a) for that political subdivision.
66.1106(7)(b)
(b) The department may authorize a positive environmental remediation tax increment under
par. (a) only if the political subdivision submits to the department all information required by the department on or before the 2nd Monday in June of the year to which the authorization relates.
66.1106(7)(c)
(c) If the department receives the notice described under
sub. (10) (b) during the period from January 1 to May 15, the effective date of the notice is the date on which the notice is received. If the department receives the notice described under
sub. (10) (b) during the period from May 16 to December 31, the effective date of the notice is the first January 1 after the date on which the notice is received.
66.1106(7)(d)1.1. The department may not authorize a positive environmental remediation tax increment under
par. (a) to pay otherwise eligible costs that are incurred by the political subdivision after the department of natural resources certifies to the department of revenue that environmental pollution on the parcel or contiguous parcels of property has been remediated unless the costs are associated with activities, as determined by the department of natural resources, that are necessary to close the site described in the site investigation report.
66.1106(7)(d)2.
2. The department of natural resources shall certify to the department of revenue the completion of the remediation of environmental pollution at the site described in the site investigation report.
66.1106(7)(e)
(e) Notwithstanding
par. (d), if the governing body of a political subdivision adopts a resolution described in
sub. (2) (c), it shall provide a copy of the resolution to the department. The department shall authorize a positive environmental remediation tax increment generated by a donor district, as described in
sub. (2) (c), to the political subdivision that incurred eligible costs to remediate environmental pollution in another district within that political subdivision or that incurred project costs, as defined in
s. 66.1105 (2) (f), for a tax incremental district within that political subdivision that was created under
s. 66.1105 and that satisfies one of the requirements under
s. 66.1105 (6) (f) 2., as described in
sub. (2) (c), until the earlier of the following occurs:
66.1106(7)(e)1.
1. The political subdivision has received aggregate tax increments with respect to the recipient district in an amount equal to the aggregate of all of the eligible costs or project costs for that district.
66.1106(8)
(8) Settlement for environmental remediation tax increments. Every officer charged by law to collect and settle general property taxes shall, on the settlement dates provided by law, pay to the treasurer of a political subdivision from all general property taxes collected by the officer the proportion of the environmental remediation tax increment due the political subdivision that the general property taxes collected bears to the total general property taxes levied, exclusive of levies for state trust fund loans, state taxes and state special charges.
66.1106(9)
(9) Separate accounting required. An environmental remediation tax increment received with respect to a parcel or contiguous parcels of land that is subject to this section shall be deposited in a separate fund by the treasurer of the political subdivision. No money may be paid out of the fund except to pay eligible costs for a parcel or contiguous parcels of land or to reimburse the political subdivision for such costs. If an environmental remediation tax increment that has been collected with respect to a parcel of land remains in the fund after the period of certification has expired, it shall be paid to the treasurers of the taxing jurisdictions in which the parcel is located in proportion to the relative share of those taxing jurisdictions in the most recent levy of general property taxes on the parcel.
66.1106(10)
(10) Reporting requirements; notice of district termination. A political subdivision that uses an environmental remediation tax increment to pay eligible costs of remediating environmental pollution under this section shall do all of the following:
66.1106(10)(a)
(a) Prepare and make available to the public updated annual reports describing the status of all projects to remediate environmental pollution funded under this section, including revenues and expenditures. A copy of the report shall be sent to all taxing jurisdictions with authority to levy general property taxes on the parcel or contiguous parcels of property by May 1 annually.
66.1106(10)(b)
(b) Notify the department within 10 days after the period of certification for a parcel or contiguous parcels of property has expired.
66.1106(10)(c)
(c) With regard to an environmental remediation tax incremental district, not later than 12 months after the last expenditure is made or not later than 12 months after an expenditure may be made under
sub. (2) (b), whichever comes first, prepare and make available to the public a report that is similar to the report required under
par. (a), except that the report required under this paragraph shall also include an independent certified audit of the project to determine if all financial transactions were made in a legal manner and to determine if the environmental remediation tax incremental district complied with this section. A copy of the report shall be sent out to all taxing jurisdictions which received the reports under
par. (a).
66.1106(10)(d)
(d) Not later than 180 days after an environmental remediation tax incremental district terminates under
sub. (11), provide the department with all of the following on a form that is prescribed by the department:
66.1106(10)(d)1.
1. A final accounting of project expenditures that are made for the environmental remediation tax incremental district.
66.1106(10)(d)2.
2. The final amount of eligible costs that have been paid for the environmental remediation tax incremental district.
66.1106(10)(d)3.
3. The total amount of environmental remediation tax increments that have been paid to the political subdivision.
66.1106(10)(e)
(e) If a political subdivision does not send to the department of revenue the form specified in
par. (d) within the time limit specified in
par. (d), the department may not certify the environmental remediation tax incremental base of a district under
sub. (4) until the form is sent to the department.
66.1106(11)
(11) Termination of environmental remediation tax incremental districts. An environmental remediation tax incremental district terminates when the earliest of the following occurs:
66.1106(11)(a)
(a) Except as provided in
sub. (2) (c), the political subdivision has received aggregate environmental remediation tax increments with respect to the district in an amount equal to the aggregate of all eligible costs.
66.1106(11)(b)
(b) Twenty-three years after the department certifies the environmental remediation tax incremental base of a parcel or contiguous parcels of property under
sub. (4).
66.1106(11)(c)
(c) The political subdivision's legislative body, by resolution, dissolves the district. Upon dissolving the district, the political subdivision becomes liable for all unpaid eligible costs actually incurred which are not paid from the separate fund under
sub. (9).
66.1106(12)(a)(a) Notice of district termination. A political subdivision that creates an environmental remediation tax incremental district under this section shall give the department written notice within 10 days of the termination of the environmental remediation tax incremental district under
sub. (11).
66.1106(12)(b)
(b) If the department receives a notice under
par. (a) during the period from January 1 to May 15, the effective date of the notice is the date the notice is received. If the notice is received during the period from May 16 to December 31, the effective date of the notice is the first January 1 after the department receives the notice.
66.1106(13)
(13) Payment of eligible costs for annexed territory, redetermination of tax incremental base; fees. 66.1106(13)(a)(a) If a city or village annexes territory from a town and if the town is using an environmental remediation tax increment to remediate environmental pollution on all or part of the territory that is annexed, the city or village shall pay to the town that portion of the eligible costs that are attributable to the annexed territory. The city or village, and the town, shall negotiate an agreement on the amount that must be paid under this subsection. The department shall redetermine the environmental remediation tax incremental base of any parcel of real property for which the environmental remediation tax incremental base was determined under
sub. (4) if part of that parcel is annexed under this subsection.
66.1106(13)(b)
(b) The department may impose a fee of $1,000 on a political subdivision to determine or redetermine the environmental remediation tax incremental base of an environmental remediation tax incremental district under this subsection or
sub. (4).
66.1106(14)
(14) Subtracting territory from a district. 66.1106(14)(a)(a) If the department has certified before January 2, 2001, the environmental remediation tax incremental base of a district that is created by a town, the town may modify the district's boundaries, not more than once during the period of certification, by subtracting territory from the district, if all of the following apply:
66.1106(14)(a)1.
1. Before October 2, 2006, the town adopts an amendment to the proposal adopted under
sub. (2) (a), which modifies the district's boundaries. The amendment shall specify the parcel that is to be subtracted from the district.
66.1106(14)(a)2.
2. The parcels in the district, after subtracting the parcel described in
subd. 1., remain contiguous.
66.1106(14)(a)3.
3. A joint review board, following the procedures in
sub. (3), approves the amendment.
66.1106(14)(b)
(b) If a town subtracts territory from a district by acting under
par. (a) and submits a written application to the department under
sub. (4), the department shall redetermine the environmental remediation tax incremental base of the district as of January 1, 2006.
66.1107
66.1107
Reinvestment neighborhoods. 66.1107(1)(a)
(a) An "area in need of rehabilitation" is a neighborhood or area in which buildings, by reason of age, obsolescence, inadequate or outmoded design, or physical deterioration have become economic or social liabilities, or both; in which these conditions impair the economic value of the neighborhood or area, infecting it with economic blight, and which is characterized by depreciated values, impaired investments, and reduced capacity to pay taxes; in which the existence of these conditions and the failure to rehabilitate the buildings results in a loss of population from the neighborhood or area and further deterioration, accompanied by added costs for creation of new public facilities and services elsewhere; in which it is difficult and uneconomic for individual owners independently to undertake to remedy the conditions; in which it is necessary to create, with proper safeguards, inducements and opportunities for the employment of private investment and equity capital in the rehabilitation of the buildings; and in which the presence of these buildings and conditions has resulted, among other consequences, in a severe shortage of financial resources available to finance the purchase and rehabilitation of housing and an inability or unwillingness on the part of private lenders to make loans for and an inability or unwillingness on the part of present and prospective owners of housing to invest in the purchase and rehabilitation of housing in the neighborhood or area.
66.1107(1)(b)
(b) "Local legislative body" means the common council, village board of trustees or town board of supervisors.
66.1107(1)(d)
(d) "Planning commission" means a plan commission created under
s. 62.23 or a plan committee of the local legislative body.
66.1107(1)(e)
(e) "Reinvestment neighborhood or area" means a geographic area within any municipality not less than one-half of which, by area, meets 3 of the 5 following conditions:
66.1107(1)(e)2.
2. It has a rate of owner-occupancy of residential buildings substantially below the average rate for the municipality as a whole.
66.1107(1)(e)3.
3. It is an area within which the market value of residential property, as measured by the rate of change during the preceding 5 years in the average sale price of residential property, has decreased or has increased at a rate substantially less than the rate of increase in average sale price of residential property in the municipality as a whole.
66.1107(1)(e)4.
4. It is an area within which the number of persons residing has decreased during the past 5 years, or in which the number of persons residing has increased during that period at a rate substantially less than the rate of population increase in the municipality as a whole.
66.1107(1)(e)5.
5. It is an area within which the effect of existing detrimental conditions is to discourage private lenders from making loans for and present or prospective property owners from investing in the purchase and rehabilitation of housing.
66.1107(2)
(2) Designation of reinvestment neighborhoods or areas. A municipality may designate reinvestment neighborhoods or areas after complying with the following steps:
66.1107(2)(a)
(a) Holding of a public hearing by the planning commission or by the local governing body at which interested parties are afforded a reasonable opportunity to express their views on the proposed designation and boundaries of a reinvestment neighborhood or area. Notice of the hearing shall be published as a class 2 notice, under
ch. 985. Before publication, a copy of the notice shall be sent by 1st class mail to the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority, and a copy shall be posted in each school building and in at least 3 other places of public assembly within the reinvestment neighborhood or area proposed to be designated.
66.1107(2)(b)
(b) Designation by the planning commission of the boundaries of a reinvestment neighborhood or area recommended by it to be designated and submission of the recommendation to the local legislative body.
66.1107(2)(c)
(c) Adoption by the local legislative body of a resolution which:
66.1107(2)(c)1.
1. Describes the boundaries of a reinvestment neighborhood or area with sufficient definiteness to identify with ordinary and reasonable certainty the territory included in the neighborhood or area. The boundaries may, but need not, be the same as those recommended by the planning commission.
66.1107(2)(c)2.
2. Designates the reinvestment neighborhood or area as of a date provided in the resolution.
66.1107(2)(c)3.
3. Contains findings that the area to be designated constitutes a reinvestment neighborhood or area.
66.1107 History
History: 1977 c. 418;
1979 c. 361 s.
112;
1985 a. 29 s.
3200 (14);
1999 a. 150 s.
479; Stats. 1999 s. 66.1107;
2001 a. 104.
66.1109
66.1109
Business improvement districts. 66.1109(1)(b)
(b) "Business improvement district" means an area within a municipality consisting of contiguous parcels and may include railroad rights-of-way, rivers, or highways continuously bounded by the parcels on at least one side, and shall include parcels that are contiguous to the district but that were not included in the original or amended boundaries of the district because the parcels were tax-exempt when the boundaries were determined and such parcels became taxable after the original or amended boundaries of the district were determined.
66.1109(1)(c)
(c) "Chief executive officer" means a mayor, city manager, village president or town chairperson.
66.1109(1)(d)
(d) "Local legislative body" means a common council, village board of trustees or town board of supervisors.
66.1109(1)(f)
(f) "Operating plan" means a plan adopted or amended under this section for the development, redevelopment, maintenance, operation and promotion of a business improvement district, including all of the following:
66.1109(1)(f)1.
1. The special assessment method applicable to the business improvement district.
66.1109(1)(f)1m.
1m. Whether real property used exclusively for manufacturing purposes will be specially assessed.
66.1109(1)(f)2.
2. The kind, number and location of all proposed expenditures within the business improvement district.
66.1109(1)(f)3.
3. A description of the methods of financing all estimated expenditures and the time when related costs will be incurred.
66.1109(1)(f)4.
4. A description of how the creation of the business improvement district promotes the orderly development of the municipality, including its relationship to any municipal master plan.
66.1109(1)(g)
(g) "Planning commission" means a plan commission under
s. 62.23, or if none a board of public land commissioners, or if none a planning committee of the local legislative body.
66.1109(2)
(2) A municipality may create a business improvement district and adopt its operating plan if all of the following are met:
66.1109(2)(a)
(a) An owner of real property used for commercial purposes and located in the proposed business improvement district designated under
par. (b) has petitioned the municipality for creation of a business improvement district.
66.1109(2)(b)
(b) The planning commission has designated a proposed business improvement district and adopted its proposed initial operating plan.
66.1109(2)(c)
(c) At least 30 days before creation of the business improvement district and adoption of its initial operating plan by the municipality, the planning commission has held a public hearing on its proposed business improvement district and initial operating plan. Notice of the hearing shall be published as a class 2 notice under
ch. 985. Before publication, a copy of the notice together with a copy of the proposed initial operating plan and a copy of a detail map showing the boundaries of the proposed business improvement district shall be sent by certified mail to all owners of real property within the proposed business improvement district. The notice shall state the boundaries of the proposed business improvement district and shall indicate that copies of the proposed initial operating plan are available from the planning commission on request.
66.1109(2)(d)
(d) Within 30 days after the hearing under
par. (c), the owners of property to be assessed under the proposed initial operating plan having a valuation equal to more than 40% of the valuation of all property to be assessed under the proposed initial operating plan, using the method of valuation specified in the proposed initial operating plan, or the owners of property to be assessed under the proposed initial operating plan having an assessed valuation equal to more than 40% of the assessed valuation of all property to be assessed under the proposed initial operating plan, have not filed a petition with the planning commission protesting the proposed business improvement district or its proposed initial operating plan.
66.1109(2)(e)
(e) The local legislative body has voted to adopt the proposed initial operating plan for the municipality.
66.1109(3)(a)(a) The chief executive officer shall appoint members to a business improvement district board to implement the operating plan. Board members shall be confirmed by the local legislative body and shall serve staggered terms designated by the local legislative body. The board shall have at least 5 members. A majority of board members shall own or occupy real property in the business improvement district.
66.1109(3)(b)
(b) The board shall annually consider and may make changes to the operating plan, which may include termination of the plan, for its business improvement district. The board shall then submit the operating plan to the local legislative body for its approval. If the local legislative body disapproves the operating plan, the board shall consider and may make changes to the operating plan and may continue to resubmit the operating plan until local legislative body approval is obtained. Any change to the special assessment method applicable to the business improvement district shall be approved by the local legislative body.
66.1109(3)(c)
(c) The board shall prepare and make available to the public annual reports describing the current status of the business improvement district, including expenditures and revenues. The report shall include an independent certified audit of the implementation of the operating plan obtained by the municipality. The municipality shall obtain an additional independent certified audit upon termination of the business improvement district.
66.1109(3)(d)
(d) Either the board or the municipality, as specified in the operating plan as adopted, or amended and approved under this section, has all powers necessary or convenient to implement the operating plan, including the power to contract.
66.1109(4)
(4) All special assessments received from a business improvement district and all other appropriations by the municipality or other moneys received for the benefit of the business improvement district shall be placed in a segregated account in the municipal treasury. No disbursements from the account may be made except to reimburse the municipality for appropriations other than special assessments, to pay the costs of audits required under
sub. (3) (c) or on order of the board for the purpose of implementing the operating plan. On termination of the business improvement district by the municipality, all moneys collected by special assessment remaining in the account shall be disbursed to the owners of specially assessed property in the business improvement district, in the same proportion as the last collected special assessment.
66.1109(4m)
(4m) A municipality shall terminate a business improvement district if the owners of property assessed under the operating plan having a valuation equal to more than 50% of the valuation of all property assessed under the operating plan, using the method of valuation specified in the operating plan, or the owners of property assessed under the operating plan having an assessed valuation equal to more than 50% of the assessed valuation of all property assessed under the operating plan, file a petition with the planning commission requesting termination of the business improvement district, subject to all of the following conditions:
66.1109(4m)(a)
(a) A petition may not be filed under this subsection earlier than one year after the date the municipality first adopts the operating plan for the business improvement district.
66.1109(4m)(b)
(b) On and after the date a petition is filed under this subsection, neither the board nor the municipality may enter into any new obligations by contract or otherwise to implement the operating plan until the expiration of 30 days after the date of hearing under
par. (c) and unless the business improvement district is not terminated under
par. (e).
66.1109(4m)(c)
(c) Within 30 days after the filing of a petition under this subsection, the planning commission shall hold a public hearing on the proposed termination. Notice of the hearing shall be published as a class 2 notice under
ch. 985. Before publication, a copy of the notice together with a copy of the operating plan and a copy of a detail map showing the boundaries of the business improvement district shall be sent by certified mail to all owners of real property within the business improvement district. The notice shall state the boundaries of the business improvement district and shall indicate that copies of the operating plan are available from the planning commission on request.
66.1109(4m)(d)
(d) Within 30 days after the date of hearing under
par. (c), every owner of property assessed under the operating plan may send written notice to the planning commission indicating, if the owner signed a petition under this subsection, that the owner retracts the owner's request to terminate the business improvement district, or, if the owner did not sign the petition, that the owner requests termination of the business improvement district.
