Amendment ASA1-AB386

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2017 - 2018 LEGISLATURE

ASSEMBLY SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 1, TO ASSEMBLY BILL 386

November 30, 2017 - Offered by Representative R. Brooks.

AB386-ASA1,1,2 An Act to create 70.32 (1b) of the statutes; relating to: property tax assessments based on comparable sales and market segments.

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

AB386-ASA1,1 Section 1. 70.32 (1b) of the statutes is created to read:

AB386-ASA1,1,6 70.32 (1b) (a) To determine the value of property using generally accepted appraisal methods, the assessor shall consider all of the following as comparable to the property being assessed:

AB386-ASA1,1,8 1. Sales or rentals of properties exhibiting the same or a similar highest and best use with placement in the same real estate market segment.

AB386-ASA1,2,2 2. Sales or rentals of properties that are similar to the property being assessed with regard to age, condition, use, type of construction, location, design, physical features, and economic characteristics, including similarities in occupancy and the the potential to generate rental income. For purposes of this subdivision, such properties may be found locally, regionally, or nationally.

AB386-ASA1,2,4 (b) For purposes of par. (a), a property is not comparable if any of the following applies:

AB386-ASA1,2,8 1. At or before the time of sale, the seller places any deed restriction on the property that changes the highest and best use of the property, or prohibits competition, so that it no longer qualifies as a comparable property under par. (a) 1. or 2. and the property being assessed lacks such a restriction.

AB386-ASA1,2,13 2. The property is dark property and the property being assessed is not dark property. In this subdivision, “dark property” means property that is vacant or unoccupied beyond the normal period for property in the same real estate market segment. For purposes of this subdivision, what is considered vacant or unoccupied beyond the normal period may vary depending on the property location.

AB386-ASA1,2,21 (c) For purposes of par. (a), “highest and best use" means the specific use of the property as of the current assessment date or a higher use for which the property may be used as of the current assessment date, if the property is marketable for that use and the use is legally permissible, physically possible, not highly speculative, and financially feasible and provides the highest net return. When the current use of a property is the highest and best use of that property, value in the current use equals full market value. In this paragraph, “legally permissible” does not include a conditional use that has not been granted as of the assessment date.

AB386-ASA1,3,2 (d) For purposes of par. (a), “real estate market segment” means a pool of potential buyers and sellers that typically buy or sell properties similar to the property being assessed, including potential buyers who are investors or owner-occupants. For purposes of this paragraph, and depending on the type of property being assessed, the pool of potential buyers and sellers may be found locally, regionally, nationally, or internationally.

AB386-ASA1,2 Section 2. Initial applicability.

AB386-ASA1,3,4 (1) This act first applies to the property tax assessments as of January 1, 2018.

AB386-ASA1,3,5 (End)