AB2,46 20Section 46 . 70.65 (2) (a) (intro.) and 1. of the statutes are consolidated,
21renumbered 70.65 (2) (a) and amended to read:
AB2,10,2422 70.65 (2) (a) As shown on the assessment roll: 1. Identify, identify all the real
23property within the taxation district and, with respect to each description of real
24property, the name and address of the owner and the assessed value.
AB2,47 25Section 47 . 70.65 (2) (a) 2. of the statutes is repealed.
AB2,48
1Section 48. 70.65 (2) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB2,11,32 70.65 (2) (b) (intro.) With respect to each description of real property and each
3owner of taxable personal property
:
AB2,49 4Section 49 . 70.68 of the statutes is repealed.
AB2,50 5Section 50 . 70.73 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB2,11,116 70.73 (1) (b) If a town, village or city clerk or treasurer discovers that personal
7property has been assessed to the wrong person, or
2 or more parcels of land
8belonging to different persons have been erroneously assessed together on the tax
9roll, the clerk or treasurer shall notify the assessor and all parties interested, if the
10parties are residents of the county, by notice in writing to appear at the clerk's office
11at some time, not less than 5 days thereafter, to correct the assessment roll.
AB2,51 12Section 51 . 70.73 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB2,11,1813 70.73 (1) (c) At the time and place designated in the notice given under par. (b),
14the assessment roll shall be corrected by entering the correct names of the persons
15liable to assessment, both as to real and personal property, describing each parcel of
16land and giving the proper valuation to each parcel separately owned. The total
17valuation given to the separate tracts of real estate shall be equal to the valuation
18given to the same property when the several parcels were assessed together.
AB2,52 19Section 52 . 70.73 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB2,11,2420 70.73 (1) (d) The valuation of parcels of land or correction of names of persons
21whose personal property is assessed under this subsection
may be made at any time
22before the tax roll is returned to the county treasurer for the year in which the tax
23is levied. The valuation or correction of names, when made under this subsection,
24shall be held just and correct and be final and conclusive.
AB2,53 25Section 53 . 70.84 of the statutes is amended to read:
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170.84 Inequalities may be corrected in subsequent year. If any such
2reassessment cannot be completed in time to take the place of the original
3assessment made in such district for said year, the clerk of the district shall levy and
4apportion the taxes for that year upon the basis of the original assessment roll, and
5when the reassessment is completed the inequalities in the taxes levied under the
6original assessment shall be remedied and compensated in the levy and
7apportionment of taxes in such district next following the completion of said
8reassessment in the following manner: Each tract of real estate , and, as to personal
9property, each taxpayer, whose tax shall be determined by such reassessment to have
10been relatively too high,
shall be credited a sum equal to the amount of taxes charged
11on the original assessment in excess of the amount which would have been charged
12had such reassessment been made in time; and each tract of real estate , and, as to
13personal property, each taxpayer, whose tax shall be determined by such
14reassessment to have been relatively too low,
shall be charged, in addition to all other
15taxes, a sum equal to the difference between the amount of taxes charged upon such
16unequal original assessment and the amount which would have been charged had
17such reassessment been made in time. The department of revenue, or its authorized
18agent, shall at any time have access to all assessment and tax rolls herein referred
19to for the purpose of assisting the local clerk and in order that the results of the
20reassessment may be carried into effect.
AB2,54 21Section 54 . 70.855 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB2,12,2422 70.855 (1) Applicability. (intro.) The department of revenue shall assess real
23and personal property assessed as commercial property under s. 70.32 (2) (a) 2. if all
24of the following apply:
AB2,55 25Section 55 . 70.855 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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170.855 (1) (a) The property owner and the governing body of the municipality
2where the property is located submit a written request to the department on or before
3March 1 of the year of the assessment to have the department assess the property
4owner's real and personal commercial property located in the municipality.
AB2,56 5Section 56 . 70.855 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB2,13,76 70.855 (1) (b) The written request submitted under par. (a) specifies the items
7of personal property and
parcels of real property for the department's assessment.
AB2,57 8Section 57 . 70.995 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB2,13,239 70.995 (1) (a) In this section “manufacturing property" includes all lands,
10buildings, structures and other real property used in manufacturing, assembling,
11processing, fabricating, making, or milling tangible personal property for profit.
12Manufacturing property also includes warehouses, storage facilities , and office
13structures when the predominant use of the warehouses, storage facilities, or offices
14is in support of the manufacturing property, and all personal property owned or used
15by any person engaged in this state in any of the activities mentioned, and used in
16the activity, including raw materials, supplies, machinery, equipment, work in

17process and finished inventory and when located at the site of the activity.
18Establishments engaged in assembling component parts of manufactured products
19are considered manufacturing establishments if the new product is neither a
20structure nor other fixed improvement. Materials processed by a manufacturing
21establishment include products of agriculture, forestry, fishing, mining, and
22quarrying. For the purposes of this section, establishments which engage in mining
23metalliferous minerals are considered manufacturing establishments.
AB2,58 24Section 58 . 70.995 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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170.995 (1) (b) Materials used by a manufacturing establishment may be
2purchased directly from producers, obtained through customary trade channels or
3secured without recourse to the market by transfer from one establishment to
4another under the same ownership.
Manufacturing production is usually carried on
5for the wholesale market, for interplant transfer or to order for industrial users
6rather than for direct sale to a domestic consumer.
AB2,59 7Section 59 . 70.995 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB2,15,28 70.995 (4) Whenever real property or tangible personal property is used for
9one, or some combination, of the processes mentioned in sub. (3) and also for other
10purposes, the department of revenue, if satisfied that there is substantial use in one
11or some combination of such processes, may assess the property under this section.
12For all purposes of this section the department of revenue shall have sole discretion
13for the determination of what is substantial use and what description of real property
14or what unit of tangible personal property shall constitute “the property" to be
15included for assessment purposes, and, in connection herewith, the department may
16include in a real property unit, real property owned by different persons. Vacant
17property designed for use in manufacturing, assembling, processing, fabricating,
18making, or milling tangible property for profit may be assessed under this section or
19under s. 70.32 (1), and the period of vacancy may not be the sole ground for making
20that determination. In those specific instances where a portion of a description of
21real property includes manufacturing property rented or leased and operated by a
22separate person which does not satisfy the substantial use qualification for the entire
23property, the local assessor shall assess the entire real property description and all
24personal property not exempt under s. 70.11 (27)
. The applicable portions of the

1standard manufacturing property report form under sub. (12) as they relate to
2manufacturing machinery and equipment shall be submitted by such person.
AB2,60 3Section 60 . 70.995 (7) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB2,15,74 70.995 (7) (b) Each 5 years, or more frequently if the department of revenue's
5workload permits and if in the department's judgment it is desirable, the department
6of revenue shall complete a field investigation or on-site appraisal at full value under
7ss. s. 70.32 (1) and 70.34 of all manufacturing property in this state.
AB2,61 8Section 61 . 70.995 (8) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB2,16,29 70.995 (8) (b) 1. The department of revenue shall annually notify each
10manufacturer assessed under this section and the municipality in which the
11manufacturing property is located of the full value of all real and personal property
12owned by the manufacturer. The notice shall be in writing and shall be sent by 1st
13class mail or electronic mail. In addition, the notice shall specify that objections to
14valuation, amount, or taxability must be filed with the state board of assessors no
15later than 60 days after the date of the notice of assessment, that objections to a
16change from assessment under this section to assessment under s. 70.32 (1) must be
17filed no later than 60 days after the date of the notice, that the fee under par. (c) 1.
18or (d) must be paid and that the objection is not filed until the fee is paid. For
19purposes of this subdivision, an objection is considered timely filed if received by the
20state board of assessors no later than 60 days after the date of the notice or sent to
21the state board of assessors by certified mail in a properly addressed envelope, with
22postage paid, that is postmarked before midnight of the last day for filing. A
23statement shall be attached to the assessment roll indicating that the notices
24required by this section have been mailed and failure to receive the notice does not
25affect the validity of the assessments, the resulting tax on real or personal property,

1the procedures of the tax appeals commission or of the state board of assessors, or
2the enforcement of delinquent taxes by statutory means.
AB2,62 3Section 62 . 70.995 (12) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB2,16,254 70.995 (12) (a) The department of revenue shall prescribe a standard
5manufacturing property report form that shall be submitted annually for each real
6estate parcel and each personal property account on or before March 1 by all
7manufacturers whose property is assessed under this section. The report form shall
8contain all information considered necessary by the department and shall include,
9without limitation, income and operating statements, fixed asset schedules, and a
10report of new construction or demolition. Failure to submit the report shall result
11in denial of any right of redetermination by the state board of assessors or the tax
12appeals commission. If any property is omitted or understated in the assessment roll
13in any of the next 5 previous years, the assessor shall enter the value of the omitted
14or understated property once for each previous year of the omission or
15understatement. The assessor shall affix a just valuation to each entry for a former
16year as it should have been assessed according to the assessor's best judgment. Taxes
17shall be apportioned and collected on the tax roll for each entry, on the basis of the
18net tax rate for the year of the omission, taking into account credits under s. 79.10.
19In the case of omitted property, interest shall be added at the rate of 0.0267 percent
20per day for the period of time between the date when the form is required to be
21submitted and the date when the assessor affixes the just valuation. In the case of
22underpayments determined after an objection under sub. (8) (d), interest shall be
23added at the average annual discount interest rate determined by the last auction
24of 6-month U.S. treasury bills before the objection per day for the period of time
25between the date when the tax was due and the date when it is paid.
AB2,63
1Section 63. 71.17 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB2,17,92 71.17 (2) Lien on trust estate; income taxes levied against beneficiary. All
3income taxes levied against the income of beneficiaries shall be a lien on that portion
4of the trust estate or interest therein from which the income taxed is derived, and
5such taxes shall be paid by the fiduciary, if not paid by the distributee, before the
6same become delinquent. Every person who, as a fiduciary under the provisions of
7this subchapter, pays an income tax shall have all the rights and remedies of
8reimbursement for any taxes assessed against him or her or paid by him or her in
9such capacity, as provided in s. 70.19 (1), 2021 stats., and s. 70.19 (2), 2021 stats.
AB2,64 10Section 64 . 74.05 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB2,17,1411 74.05 (1) Definition. In this section, “error in the tax roll" means an error in
12the description of any real or personal property, in the identification of the owner or
13person to whom the property is assessed or in the amount of the tax or an error
14resulting from a palpably erroneous entry in the assessment roll.
AB2,65 15Section 65 . 74.09 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB2,17,1816 74.09 (2) Preparation. The clerk of the taxation district shall prepare the real
17and personal property tax bills. The form of the property tax bill shall be prescribed
18by the department of revenue and shall be uniform.
AB2,66 19Section 66 . 74.11 (4) of the statutes is repealed.
AB2,67 20Section 67 . 74.11 (6) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB2,17,2321 74.11 (6) (a) Payments made on or before January 31 and payments of taxes
22on improvements on leased land that are assessed as personal property
shall be
23made to the taxation district treasurer.
AB2,68 24Section 68 . 74.11 (10) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
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174.11 (10) (a) 1. If all special assessments, special charges, and special taxes
2and personal property taxes due under sub. (3) or (4) are not paid in full and received
3by the proper official on or before 5 working days after the due date, the amounts
4unpaid are delinquent as of the day after the due date of the first installment or of
5the lump-sum payment.
AB2,69 6Section 69 . 74.11 (11) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 74.11 (11).
AB2,70 7Section 70 . 74.11 (11) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
AB2,71 8Section 71 . 74.11 (12) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB2,18,129 74.11 (12) (a) (intro.) Except as provided in pars. par. (c) and (d), if a taxation
10district treasurer or county treasurer receives a payment from a taxpayer which is
11not sufficient to pay all amounts due, the treasurer shall apply the payment to the
12amounts due, including interest and penalties, in the following order:
AB2,72 13Section 72 . 74.11 (12) (a) 1g. of the statutes is repealed.
AB2,73 14Section 73 . 74.11 (12) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB2,18,1715 74.11 (12) (b) The allocation under par. (a) 1g. 1m. to 4. is conclusive for
16purposes of settlement under ss. 74.23 to 74.29 and for determining delinquencies
17under this section.
AB2,74 18Section 74 . 74.11 (12) (d) of the statutes is repealed.
AB2,75 19Section 75 . 74.12 (6) of the statutes is repealed.
AB2,76 20Section 76 . 74.12 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB2,19,221 74.12 (7) (a) If the first installment of real property taxes, personal property
22taxes on improvements on leased land
or special assessments to which an
23installment option pertains is not received by the proper official on or before 5
24working days after the due date of January 31, the entire amount of the remaining

1unpaid taxes or special assessments to which an installment option pertains on that
2parcel is delinquent as of February 1.
AB2,77 3Section 77 . 74.12 (8) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB2,19,104 74.12 (8) (a) If the 2nd or any subsequent installment payment of real property
5taxes, personal property taxes on improvements on leased land or special
6assessments to which an installment option pertains is not received by the proper
7official on or before 5 working days after the due date specified in the ordinance, the
8entire amount of the remaining unpaid taxes or special assessments to which an
9installment option pertains on that parcel is delinquent as of the first day of the
10month after the payment is due and interest and penalties are due under sub. (10).
AB2,78 11Section 78 . 74.12 (9) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB2,19,1612 74.12 (9) (a) If all special assessments to which an installment option does not
13pertain, special charges, and special taxes and personal property taxes that are due
14under sub. (5) or (6) are not paid in full and received by the proper official on or before
155 working days after the due date of January 31, the amounts unpaid are delinquent
16as of February 1.
AB2,79 17Section 79 . 74.12 (10) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB2,19,2218 74.12 (10) (a) All real property taxes, special assessments, special charges and
19special taxes that become delinquent and are paid on or before July 31, and all
20delinquent personal property taxes, whenever paid,
shall be paid, together with
21interest and penalties charged from the preceding February 1, to the taxation district
22treasurer.
AB2,80 23Section 80 . 74.12 (11) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB2,20,224 74.12 (11) (a) (intro.) Except as provided in pars. par. (c) and (d), if a taxation
25district treasurer or county treasurer receives a payment from a taxpayer which is

1not sufficient to pay all amounts due, the treasurer shall apply the payment to the
2amounts due, including interest and penalties, in the following order:
AB2,81 3Section 81 . 74.12 (11) (a) 1g. of the statutes is repealed.
AB2,82 4Section 82 . 74.12 (11) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB2,20,75 74.12 (11) (b) The allocation under par. (a) 1g. 1m. to 4. is conclusive for
6purposes of settlement under ss. 74.29 and 74.30 and for determining delinquencies
7under this section.
AB2,83 8Section 83 . 74.12 (11) (d) of the statutes is repealed.
AB2,84 9Section 84. 74.25 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB2,20,1510 74.25 (1) Settlement. (intro.) On or before February 20, the taxation district
11treasurer, except the treasurer of a city authorized to proceed under s. 74.87 or the
12treasurer of a taxation district that has adopted an ordinance under s. 74.12, shall
13settle for all collections received through the last day of the preceding month and all
14amounts timely paid under s. 74.69 (1)
which were not settled for under s. 74.23 as
15follows:
AB2,85 16Section 85 . 74.29 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB2,20,2417 74.29 (2) On or before August 20, a taxation district treasurer who has not paid
18in full all taxes on improvements on leased land under s. 74.25 (1) (b) 1. or under s.
1974.30 (1) or (2) shall pay in full to each taxing jurisdiction within the district all taxes
20on improvements on leased land included in the tax roll which have not previously
21been paid to, or retained by, the taxing jurisdiction, except that the treasurer shall
22pay the state's proportionate share to the county. As part of that distribution, the
23taxation district treasurer shall allocate to each tax incremental district within the
24taxation district its proportionate share of taxes on improvements on leased land.
AB2,86 25Section 86 . 74.30 (1) (i) of the statutes is repealed.
AB2,87
1Section 87. 74.30 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB2,21,42 74.30 (1m) March settlement between counties and the state. On or before
3March 15, the county treasurer shall send to the secretary of administration the
4state's proportionate shares of taxes under sub. (1) (i) and (j).
AB2,88 5Section 88 . 74.42 of the statutes is repealed.
AB2,89 6Section 89 . 74.47 (3) (e) of the statutes is repealed.
AB2,90 7Section 90 . 74.55 of the statutes is repealed.
AB2,91 8Section 91 . 74.83 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB2,21,17 974.83 Agreements. Any 1st class city may enter into agreements to pay
10delinquent state, county, metropolitan sewerage district, and technical college
11district real or personal property taxes, including accrued interest and penalties
12thereon, applicable to property located in that city at any stage in the proceedings
13for collection and enforcement of those taxes and thereafter collect and enforce those
14taxes, including interest and penalties on them, in its own name in accordance with
15any of the procedures or remedies applicable to the collection and enforcement of
16delinquent city, state, county, metropolitan sewerage district, and technical college
17district taxes under this chapter and ch. 75.
AB2,92 18Section 92 . 74.87 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB2,22,419 74.87 (3) Optional payment schedule. The common council of a city may, by
20ordinance, permit payment in 10 equal installments, without interest, of general
21property taxes, special charges, and special assessments of the city, other than for
22special assessments for which no payment extension is allowed. Each installment
23shall be paid on or before the last day of each month from January through October.
24Taxes on personal property may be paid in installments under this subsection if, on
25or before January 31 of the year in which the tax becomes due, the taxpayer has first

1paid to the city treasurer taxes on personal property levied by all taxing jurisdictions
2other than the city.
The amounts and time of payment of city general property taxes,
3special assessments and charges in the city tax roll shall be as provided in the charter
4of the city.
AB2,93 5Section 93. 76.125 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB2,22,116 76.125 (1) Using the statement of assessments under s. 70.53 and the
7statement of taxes under s. 69.61, the department shall determine the net rate of
8taxation of commercial property under s. 70.32 (2) (a) 2., and of manufacturing
9property under s. 70.32 (2) (a) 3. and of personal property under s. 70.30 as provided
10in subs. (2) to (6). The department shall enter that rate on the records of the
11department.
AB2,94 12Section 94 . 76.69 of the statutes is repealed.
AB2,95 13Section 95 . 77.84 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB2,22,2114 77.84 (1) Tax roll. Each clerk of a municipality in which the land is located
15shall enter in a special column or other appropriate place on the tax roll the
16description of each parcel of land designated as managed forest land, and shall
17specify, by the designation “MFL-O" or “MFL-C", the acreage of each parcel that is
18designated open or closed under s. 77.83. The land shall be assessed and is subject
19to review under ch. 70. Except as provided in this subchapter, no tax may be levied
20on managed forest land, except that any building, improvements, and fixtures on
21managed forest land is subject to taxation as personal real property under ch. 70.
AB2,96 22Section 96 . 174.065 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB2,23,223 174.065 (3) Collection of delinquent dog license taxes. Delinquent dog
24license taxes may be collected in the same manner as in s. 74.55 and a civil action
25under
ch. 799 for the collecting of personal property taxes, if the action is brought

1within 6 years after the January 1 of the year in which the taxes are required to be
2paid
.
AB2,97 3Section 97 . 815.18 (3) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB2,23,64 815.18 (3) Exempt property. (intro.) The debtor's interest in or right to receive
5the following property is exempt, except as specifically provided in this section and
6ss. 70.20 (2), 71.91 (5m) and (6), 74.55 (2) and 102.28 (5):
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