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1999 - 2000 LEGISLATURE
February 1, 2000 - Introduced by
Joint Legislative Council. Referred to
Committee on Conservation and Land Use.
AB681,1,8
1An Act to renumber and amend 77.82 (12);
to amend 74.25 (1) (a) 6., 74.30 (1)
2(f), 74.30 (1) (h), 77.82 (2) (title), 77.82 (2) (h), 77.82 (3) (b), 77.82 (12) (title),
377.84 (2) (a), 77.84 (2) (b), 77.84 (2) (c), 77.88 (5) (a) 1., 77.88 (5) (a) 2., 77.88 (5)
4(b) 1., 77.88 (5) (b) 2. and 77.89 (2); and
to create 77.82 (12) (b) and 77.84 (2)
5(am) of the statutes;
relating to: adding a 15-year term for orders designating
6land under the managed forest land program, allowing the department of
7natural resources to contract with private foresters to prepare management
8plans under the managed forest land program and making an appropriation.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill is explained in the Notes provided by the joint legislative council in
the bill.
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:
Prefatory note: This bill was prepared for the joint legislative council's special
committee on incentives for resource stewardship. The joint legislative council
established the special committee by a June 24, 1998, mail ballot and directed it to study
"means to encourage and promote private efforts to conserve and protect the natural
values of land and water through an appropriate legislative framework and the use of
economic incentives". The bill:
1. Revises the managed forest land program to encourage private landowners to
include land in the managed forest land program by allowing land to be in the program
for a 15-year term.
2. Provides an appropriation to the department of natural resources (DNR) to
contract with private foresters to prepare plans for inclusion of wooded land into the
managed forest land program.
This bill is explained in more detail in Section notes following the relevant
Sections of the bill.
AB681, s. 1
1Section
1. 74.25 (1) (a) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:
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74.25
(1) (a) 6. Pay to the county treasurer 20% of collections of occupational
3taxes on coal docks, 20% of collections of the taxes imposed under ss. 77.04 and 77.84
4(2) (a)
and (am) and all collections of payments for closed lands under s. 77.84 (2) (b).
AB681, s. 2
5Section
2. 74.30 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
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74.30
(1) (f) Pay to the county treasurer 20% of collections of occupational taxes
7on coal docks, 20% of collections of the taxes imposed under ss. 77.04 and 77.84 (2)
8(a)
and (am) and all collections of payments for closed lands under s. 77.84 (2) (b).
AB681, s. 3
9Section
3. 74.30 (1) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
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74.30
(1) (h) Retain for the taxation district all woodland tax law collections
11under s. 77.16 and 80% of collections of the taxes imposed under ss. 77.04 and 77.84
12(2) (a)
and (am).
AB681, s. 4
13Section
4. 77.82 (2) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
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77.82
(2) (title)
Petition
Initial petition.
AB681, s. 5
15Section
5. 77.82 (2) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
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77.82
(2) (h) Whether the land will be designated as managed forest land for
1715, 25 or 50 years.
AB681, s. 6
18Section
6. 77.82 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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177.82
(3) (b) If the petitioner requests that the department prepare the
2management plan, the department shall comply with the request.
The department
3may contract with private foresters to prepare these management plans.
AB681, s. 7
4Section
7. 77.82 (12) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
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77.82
(12) (title)
Renewal; extension.
AB681, s. 8
6Section
8. 77.82 (12) of the statutes is renumbered 77.82 (12) (a) and amended
7to read:
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77.82
(12) (a) The department shall notify each owner of managed forest land
9of the expiration date of an order no later than the January 31 preceding the
10expiration date.
The After receiving the notification, the owner may petition the
11department for renewal of the order. The petition shall be filed no later than the
12March 31 before the expiration date and shall specify whether the owner wants the
13order renewed for 25 or 50 years.
Any order issued under this section may only be
14renewed for 25 or for 50 years.
AB681,3,20
15(c) The notice and hearing provisions under subs. (5) and (6) do not apply to a
16petition under this subsection. The department may deny
the a petition
under this
17subsection only if the land fails to meet the eligibility requirements under sub. (1),
18if the owner has failed to comply with the management plan or if there are delinquent
19taxes on the land. If the petition is denied, the department shall state the reason for
20the denial in writing.
AB681, s. 9
21Section
9. 77.82 (12) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
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77.82
(12) (b) In addition to petitioning for renewal under par. (a), an owner
23of land that is designated as managed forest land for a 15-year period may petition
24the department at any time to extend that designation to 25 or 50 years. The term
1of the extended designation shall run from the date that the original order
2designating the land for 15 years was issued.
AB681, s. 10
3Section
10. 77.84 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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77.84
(2) (a) Each owner of managed forest land shall pay to the municipal
5treasurer an
annual acreage share of 74 cents per acre
on or before January 31.
AB681, s. 11
6Section
11. 77.84 (2) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
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77.84
(2) (am) In addition to the payment under par. (a), each owner of land
8designated as managed forest land for a 15-year period shall pay to the municipal
9treasurer an annual acreage share of $1.25 per acre.
AB681, s. 12
10Section
12. 77.84 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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77.84
(2) (b) In addition to the payment under par. (a)
and any payment
12required under par. (am), each owner
of managed forest land shall
annually pay $1
13for each acre that is designated as closed under s. 77.83.
AB681,4,15
14(bn) The
payment payments required under pars. (a) to (b) shall be made to the
15municipal treasurer on or before January 31
of each year.
AB681, s. 13
16Section
13. 77.84 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
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77.84
(2) (c) In 1992 and each 5th year thereafter, the department of revenue
18shall adjust the amounts under pars. (a)
, (am) and (b) by multiplying the amount
19specified by a ratio using as the denominator the department of revenue's estimate
20of the average statewide tax per acre of property classes under s. 70.32 (2) (b) 4., 1993
21stats., s. 70.32 (2) (b) 5., 1993 stats., and s. 70.32 (2) (b) 6., 1993 stats., for 1986 and,
22as the numerator, the department of revenue's estimate of the average tax per acre
23for the same classes of property for the year in which the adjustment is made.
AB681, s. 14
24Section
14. 77.88 (5) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
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177.88
(5) (a) 1. An amount equal to the product of the total net property tax rate
2in the municipality in the year prior to the withdrawal and the assessed value of the
3land for the same year, as computed by the department of revenue, multiplied by the
4number of years the land was designated as managed forest land, less any amounts
5paid by the owner under ss. 77.84 (2) (a)
and (am) and 77.87.
AB681, s. 15
6Section
15. 77.88 (5) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
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77.88
(5) (a) 2. Five percent of the stumpage value of the merchantable timber
8on the land, less any amounts paid by the owner under ss. 77.84 (2) (a)
and (am) and
977.87.
AB681, s. 16
10Section
16. 77.88 (5) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
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77.88
(5) (b) 1. An amount equal to the product of the total net property tax rate
12in the municipality in the year prior to the withdrawal and the assessed value of the
13land for the same year, as computed by the department of revenue, multiplied by the
14number of years since the renewal, less any amounts paid by the owner under ss.
1577.84 (2) (a)
and (am) and 77.87.
AB681, s. 17
16Section
17. 77.88 (5) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
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77.88
(5) (b) 2. Five percent of the stumpage value of the merchantable timber
18on the land, less any amounts paid by the owner under ss. 77.84 (2) (a)
and (am) and
1977.87.
AB681, s. 18
20Section
18. 77.89 (2) of the statutes is amended to read: