66.46(6)(d)3.
3. This paragraph applies only in a city with a population of at least 80,000 that was incorporated in 1850 and that is in a county with a population of less than 150,000 which is adjacent to one of the Great Lakes.
66.46(6)(d)4.
4. This paragraph does not apply after January 1, 2002.
66.46(6)(e)1.1. Before the date on which a tax incremental district terminates under
sub. (7) (a), but not later than the date on which a tax incremental district terminates under
sub. (7) (am), a planning commission may amend under
sub. (4) (h) the project plan of such a tax incremental district to allocate positive tax increments generated by that tax incremental district to another tax incremental district created by that planning commission if all of the following conditions are met:
66.46(6)(e)1.a.
a. The donor tax incremental district, the positive tax increments of which are to be allocated, and the recipient tax incremental district have the same overlying taxing jurisdictions.
66.46(6)(e)1.b.
b. The donor tax incremental district and the recipient tax incremental district have been created before October 1, 1995.
66.46(6)(e)2.
2. Each year, the city that created the tax incremental districts may determine the portion of the donor tax incremental district's positive tax increment that is in excess of the tax increment that is necessary to pay the donor's project costs in that year that shall be allocated to the recipient tax incremental district and shall inform the department of revenue of these amounts.
66.46(6)(e)3.
3. A project plan that is amended under
sub. (4) (h) to authorize the allocation of positive tax increments under
subd. 1. may authorize such an allocation for a period not to exceed 5 years, except that if the planning commission determines that the allocation may be needed for a period longer than 5 years, the planning commission may authorize such an allocation for up to an additional 5 years if the project plan is amended under
sub. (4) (h) during the 4th year of the allocation. In no case may positive tax increments under
subd. 1. be allocated from one donor tax incremental district for a period longer than 10 years.
66.46(6c)
(6c) Notification of position openings. 66.46(6c)(a)(a) Any person who operates for profit and is paid project costs under
sub. (2) (f) 1. a.,
d.,
j. and
k. in connection with the project plan for a tax incremental district shall notify the department of industry, labor and job development and the area private industry council under the job training partnership act,
29 USC 1501 to
1798, of any positions to be filled in the county in which the city which created the tax incremental district is located during the period commencing with the date the person first performs work on the project and ending one year after receipt of its final payment of project costs. The person shall provide this notice at least 2 weeks prior to advertising the position.
66.46(6c)(b)
(b) Any person who operates for profit and buys or leases property in a tax incremental district from a city for which the city incurs real property assembly costs under
sub. (2) (f) 1. c. shall notify the department of industry, labor and job development and the area private industry council under the job training partnership act,
29 USC 1501 to
1798, of any position to be filled in the county in which the city creating the tax incremental district is located within one year after the sale or commencement of the lease. The person shall provide this notice at least 2 weeks prior to advertising the position.
66.46(6m)(a)(a) The city shall cause a certified public accountant to conduct audits of each tax incremental district to determine if all financial transactions are made in a legal and proper manner and to determine if the tax incremental district is complying with its project plan and with this section. Any city that creates a tax incremental district under this section and has an annual general audit may include the audits required under this subsection as part of the annual general audit.
66.46(6m)(b)1.
1. Twelve months after 30% of the project expenditures are made;
66.46(6m)(b)3.
3. Twelve months after the termination of the tax incremental district under
sub. (7).
66.46(6m)(c)
(c) The city shall prepare and make available to the public updated annual reports describing the status of each existing tax incremental district, including expenditures and revenues. The city shall send a copy of the report to each overlying district by May 1 annually.
66.46(7)
(7) Termination of tax incremental districts. The existence of a tax incremental district shall terminate when the earlier of the following occurs:
66.46(7)(a)
(a) That time when the city has received aggregate tax increments with respect to such district in an amount equal to the aggregate of all project costs under the project plan and any amendments to the project plan for such district, except that this paragraph does not apply to a district whose positive tax increments have been allocated under
sub. (6) (d) or
(e) until the district to which the allocation is made has paid off the aggregate of all of its project costs under its project plan.
66.46(7)(am)
(am) Sixteen years after the last expenditure identified in the project plan is made if the district to which the plan relates is created after September 30, 1995, or 20 years after the last expenditure identified in the project plan is made if the district to which the plan relates is created before October 1, 1995, except that in no case may the total number of years during which expenditures are made under
par. (am) 1. plus the total number of years during which tax increments are allocated under this paragraph exceed 27 years.
66.46(7)(b)
(b) The local legislative body, by resolution, dissolves the district at which time the city shall become liable for all unpaid project costs actually incurred which are not paid from the special fund under
sub. (6) (c), except this paragraph does not make the city liable for any tax incremental bonds or notes issued.
66.46(8)
(8) Notice of district termination. 66.46(8)(a)(a) A city which creates a tax incremental district under this section shall give the department of revenue written notice within 10 days of the termination of the tax incremental district under
sub. (7).
66.46(8)(b)
(b) If the department of revenue 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 of revenue receives the notice.
66.46(9)
(9) Financing of project costs. 66.46(9)(a)(a) Payment of project costs may be made by any one or more of the following methods or any combination thereof:
66.46(9)(a)1.
1. Payment by the city from the special fund of the tax incremental district;
66.46(9)(a)3.
3. Payment out of the proceeds of the sale of bonds or notes issued by it under
ch. 67;
66.46(9)(a)4.
4. Payment out of the proceeds of the sale of public improvement bonds issued by it under
s. 66.059;
66.46(9)(a)6.
6. Payment out of the proceeds of revenue bonds or notes issued by it under
s. 66.066;
66.46(9)(a)7.
7. Payment out of the proceeds of revenue bonds issued by it under
s. 66.51;
66.46(9)(a)8.
8. Payment out of the proceeds of the sale of tax incremental bonds or notes issued by it under this subsection; or
66.46(9)(a)9.
9. Payment out of the proceeds of revenue bonds issued by the city as provided by
s. 66.521, for a purpose specified in that section.
66.46(9)(b)1.1. For the purpose of paying project costs or of refunding municipal obligations issued under
ch. 67 or this subsection for the purpose of paying project costs, the local legislative body may issue tax incremental bonds or notes payable out of positive tax increments. Each bond or note and accompanying interest coupon, if any, is a negotiable instrument. The bonds and notes shall not be included in the computation of the constitutional debt limitation of the city. Bonds and notes issued under this subsection, together with their interest and income, shall be taxed in the same manner as are municipal obligations issued under
s. 67.04.
66.46(9)(b)2.
2. Tax incremental bonds or notes shall be authorized by resolution of the local legislative body without the necessity of a referendum or any elector approval, but such referendum or election may be held, through the procedures provided in
s. 66.521 (10) (d). Such resolution shall state the name of the tax incremental district, the amount of bonds or notes authorized, and the interest rate or rates to be borne by such bond or notes. Such resolution may prescribe the terms, form and content of such bonds or notes and such other matters as the local legislative body deems useful.
66.46(9)(b)3.
3. Tax incremental bonds or notes may not be issued in an amount exceeding the aggregate project costs. Such bonds or notes shall mature over a period not exceeding 23 years from the date thereof or a period terminating with the date of termination of the tax incremental district, whichever period terminates earlier. Such bonds or notes may contain a provision authorizing the redemption thereof, in whole or in part, at stipulated prices, at the option of the city, on any interest payment date and shall provide the method of selecting the bonds or notes to be redeemed. The principal and interest on such bonds and notes may be payable at any time and at any place. Such bonds or notes may be payable to bearer or may be registered as to the principal or principal and interest. Such bonds or notes may be in any denominations. Such bonds or notes may be sold at public or private sale. Insofar as they are consistent with this subsection, the provisions of
ch. 67 relating to procedures for issuance, form, contents, execution, negotiation, and registration of municipal bonds and notes are incorporated herein by reference.
66.46(9)(b)4.
4. Tax incremental bonds or notes are payable only out of the special fund created under
sub. (6) (c). Each such bond or note shall contain such recitals as are necessary to show that it is only so payable and that it does not constitute an indebtedness of such city or a charge against its general taxing power. The local legislative body shall irrevocably pledge all or a part of such special fund to the payment of such bonds or notes. Such special fund or the designated part thereof may thereafter be used only for the payment of such bonds or notes and interest thereon until the same have been fully paid; and a holder of such bonds or notes or of any coupons appertaining thereto shall have a lien against such special fund for payment of such bonds or notes and interest thereon and may either at law or in equity protect and enforce such lien.
66.46(9)(b)5.
5. To increase the security and marketability of tax incremental bonds or notes, the city may:
66.46(9)(b)5.a.
a. Create a lien for the benefit of the bondholders upon any public improvements or public works financed thereby or the revenues therefrom; or
66.46(9)(b)5.b.
b. Make such covenants and do any and all such acts, not inconsistent with the Wisconsin constitution, as may be necessary or convenient or desirable in order to additionally secure such bonds or notes or tend to make the bonds or notes more marketable according to the best judgment of the local legislative body.
66.46(10)
(10) Overlapping tax incremental districts. 66.46(10)(a)(a) Subject to any agreement with bondholders, a tax incremental district may be created, the boundaries of which overlap one or more existing districts, except that districts created as of the same date may not have overlapping boundaries.
66.46(10)(b)
(b) If the boundaries of 2 or more tax incremental districts overlap, in determining how positive tax increments generated by that area which is within 2 or more districts are allocated among such districts, but for no other purpose, the aggregate value of the taxable property in such area as equalized by the department of revenue in any year as to each earlier created district is deemed to be that portion of the tax incremental base of the district next created which is attributable to such overlapped area.
66.46(11)
(11) Equalized valuation for apportionment of property taxes. 66.46(11)(a)(a) With respect to the county, school districts and any other local governmental body having the power to levy taxes on property located within a tax incremental district, if the allocation of positive tax increments has been authorized by the department of revenue under
sub. (6) (a), the calculation of the equalized valuation of taxable property in a tax incremental district for the apportionment of property taxes may not exceed the tax incremental base of the district until the district is terminated.
66.46(13)
(13) The department of commerce, in cooperation with other state agencies and local governments, shall make a comprehensive report to the governor and the chief clerk of each house of the legislature, for distribution to the legislature under
s. 13.172 (2), at the beginning of each biennium, beginning with the 1977 biennium, as to the effects and impact of tax incremental financing projects socially, economically and financially.
66.46(14)
(14) Use of tax incremental financing for inland lake protection and rehabilitation prohibited. Notwithstanding
sub. (9), no tax incremental financing project plan may be approved and no payment of project costs may be made for an inland lake protection and rehabilitation district or a county acting under
s. 59.70 (8).
66.46 History
History: 1975 c. 105,
199,
311;
1977 c. 29 ss.
724m,
725,
1646 (1), (3);
1977 c. 418;
1979 c. 221,
343;
1979 c. 361 s.
112;
1981 c. 20,
317;
1983 a. 27,
31,
207,
320,
405,
538;
1985 a. 29,
39,
285;
1987 a. 27,
186,
395;
1989 a. 31,
336;
1993 a. 293,
337,
399;
1995 a. 27 ss.
3330c to
3337,
9116 (5),
9130 (4);
1995 a. 201,
225,
227,
335.
66.46 Annotation
Tax Increment Law constitutionally authorizes financing of described public improvements, but does not authorize acquisition of private property by condemnation. Sigma Tau Gamma Fraternity House v. Menomonie, 93 W (2d) 392, 288 NW (2d) 85 (1980).
66.46 Annotation
TIF bonds which city proposed to issue under this section constituted debt under art. XI, s. 3 and are subject to its debt limits. City of Hartford v. Kirley, 172 W (2d) 191, 493 NW (2d) 45 (1992).
66.46 Annotation
Tax increment law appears constitutional on its face. 65 Atty. Gen. 194.
66.465
66.465
Reinvestment neighborhoods. 66.465(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 such conditions impair the economic value of such 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 such conditions and the failure to rehabilitate such 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 such 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 such buildings; and in which the presence of such 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 such housing to invest in the purchase and rehabilitation of housing in such neighborhood or area.
66.465(1)(b)
(b) "Local legislative body" means the common council, village board of trustees or town board of supervisors.
66.465(1)(c)
(c) "Municipality" means any city, village or town in this state.
66.465(1)(d)
(d) "Planning commission" means a plan commission created under
s. 62.23 or a plan committee of the local legislative body.
66.465(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:
66.465(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.
66.465(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.
66.465(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.
66.465(1)(e)5.
5. It is an area within which the effect of such detrimental conditions as may exist is to discourage private lenders from making loans for and present or prospective property owners from investing in the purchase and rehabilitation of housing.
66.465(2)
(2) Designation of reinvestment neighborhoods or areas. Any municipality may designate reinvestment neighborhoods or areas after complying with the following steps:
66.465(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 of a reinvestment neighborhood or area and the proposed boundaries thereof. Notice of such hearing shall be published as a class 2 notice, under
ch. 985. Prior to such 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.
66.465(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 such recommendation to the local legislative body.
66.465(2)(c)
(c) Adoption by the local legislative body of a resolution which:
66.465(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 therein. Such boundaries may, but need not, be the same as those recommended by the planning commission.
66.465(2)(c)2.
2. Designates such reinvestment neighborhood or area as of a date provided in the resolution.
66.465(2)(c)3.
3. Contains findings that the area to be designated constitutes a reinvestment neighborhood or area.
66.47
66.47
County-city hospitals; village and town powers. 66.47(1)(1)
Definitions. In this section:
66.47(1)(a)
(a) "Board" means the joint county-city hospital board established under this section.
66.47(1)(b)
(b) "Ordinance" means an ordinance adopted by the governing body of a city or county and concurred in by the other governing body or bodies.
66.47(2)
(2) County-city hospitals. Any county and city or cities partly or wholly within the county may by ordinance jointly construct or otherwise acquire, equip, furnish, operate and maintain a general county-city hospital. Such hospital is subject to
ch. 150.
66.47(3)
(3) Financing. The governing bodies of the respective county and city or cities shall have the power to borrow money, appropriate funds, and levy taxes needed to carry out the purposes of this section. Funds to be used for the purposes specified in this section may be provided by the respective county, city or cities by general obligation bonds issued under
ch. 67 or by revenue bonds issued under
s. 66.51. Any bonds issued pursuant to this section shall be executed on behalf of the county by the county board chairperson and the county clerk and on behalf of a city by the mayor or other chief executive officer thereof and by the city clerk.
66.47(4)
(4) Cost sharing. The ordinance shall provide for a sharing of all of the cost of construction or other acquisition, equipment, furnishing, operation and maintenance of such hospital on an agreed percentage basis.
66.47(5)
(5) Hospital board. The ordinance shall provide for the establishment of a joint county-city hospital board to be composed as follows: 2 to be appointed by the county board chairperson and confirmed by the county board, one for a one-year and one for a 2-year term; 2 by the mayor or other chief executive officer and confirmed by the city council, one for a one-year and one for a 2-year term; and one jointly by the county board chairperson and the mayor or other chief executive officer of the city or cities, for a term of 3 years, confirmed by the county board and the city council or councils. Their respective successors shall be appointed and confirmed in like manner for terms of 3 years. All appointees shall serve until their successors are appointed and qualified. Terms shall begin as specified in the ordinance. Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term in the manner in which the original appointment was made.
66.47(6)
(6) Validation of prior actions. The actions of any county and city or cities taken before April 17, 1949 in the construction or other acquisition, equipment, furnishing, operation and maintenance of a joint county-city hospital which would have been valid if this section had then been in effect are hereby validated.
66.47(7)
(7) Organization of boards; officers; compensation; oaths; bonds. 66.47(7)(a)(a) When all members have qualified the board shall meet at the place designated in the ordinance and organize by electing from its membership a president, a vice president, a secretary and a treasurer, each to hold office for one year. The offices of secretary and treasurer may be combined if the board so decides. Members shall receive such compensation as shall be provided in the ordinance, and shall be reimbursed their actual and necessary expenses. With the approval of the board, the treasurer may appoint an assistant treasurer, who need not be a member of the board, to perform such services as shall be specified by the board.
66.47(7)(b)
(b) Members, and any assistant treasurer, shall qualify by taking the official oath, and the treasurer and any assistant treasurer shall furnish a bond in such sum as shall be specified by the board and be in the form and conditioned as provided in
s. 19.01 (2) and
(3). The oaths and bonds shall be filed with the county clerk. The cost of the bond shall be paid by the board.
66.47(8)
(8) Powers of board. The board shall have power subject to provisions of the ordinance:
66.47(8)(a)
(a) To contract for the construction or other acquisition, equipment or furnishing of a general county-city hospital.
