SB70: Bill Text

SB70,823,16 1. That, not later than one year after the certification under the paragraph, districts having sufficient value increments will terminate so that the municipality will no longer exceed the 12 percent limit described under sub. (4) (gm) 4. c.

SB70,823,18 2. That the municipality will not take any action that would extend the life of any district whose termination is necessary to satisfy subd. 1.

SB70,1249 Section 1249. 66.1106 (1) (k) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,823,21 66.1106 (1) (k) “Taxable property" means all real and personal taxable property located in an environmental remediation tax incremental district.

SB70,1250 Section 1250. 66.1106 (4) (e) of the statutes is created to read:

SB70,824,5 66.1106 (4) (e) Upon receiving a written application from the clerk of a political subdivision, in a form prescribed by the department, the department shall recalculate the base value of a tax incremental district affected by 2023 Wisconsin Act .... (this act) to remove the value of the personal property, as defined in s. 66.1105. An application received under this paragraph no later than October 31 is effective in the year following the year in which the application is made. An application received after October 31 is effective in the 2nd year following the year in which the application is made.

SB70,1251 Section 1251. 66.1113 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,824,12 66.1113 (2) (a) The governing body of a political subdivision, by a two-thirds vote of the members of the governing body who are present when the vote is taken, may enact an ordinance or adopt a resolution declaring itself to be a premier resort area if, except as provided in pars. (e), (f), (g), (h), (i), and (j), (k), and (L), at least 40 percent of the equalized assessed value of the taxable property within such political subdivision is used by tourism-related retailers.

SB70,1252 Section 1252. 66.1113 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,824,15 66.1113 (2) (b) Subject to pars. (g), (h), (i), and (j), (k), and (L), a political subdivision that is a premier resort area may impose the tax under s. 77.994.

SB70,1253 Section 1253. 66.1113 (2) (k) of the statutes is created to read:

SB70,824,25 66.1113 (2) (k) The city of Prescott may enact an ordinance or adopt a resolution declaring itself to be a premier resort area under par. (a) even if less than 40 percent of the equalized assessed value of the taxable property within the city is used by tourism-related retailers. The city may not impose the tax authorized under par. (b) unless the common council adopts a resolution proclaiming its intent to impose the tax and the resolution is approved by a majority of the electors in the city voting on the resolution at a referendum, to be held at the first spring primary or election or partisan primary or general election following by at least 70 days the date of adoption of the resolution.

SB70,1254 Section 1254. 66.1113 (2) (L) of the statutes is created to read:

SB70,825,10 66.1113 (2) (L) The village of Pepin in Pepin County may enact an ordinance or adopt a resolution declaring itself to be a premier resort area under par. (a) even if less than 40 percent of the equalized assessed value of the taxable property within the village is used by tourism-related retailers. The village may not impose the tax authorized under par. (b) unless the village board adopts a resolution proclaiming its intent to impose the tax and the resolution is approved by a majority of the electors in the village voting on the resolution at a referendum, to be held at the first spring primary or election or partisan primary or general election following by at least 70 days the date of adoption of the resolution.

SB70,1255 Section 1255 . 66.1201 (2m) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,825,17 66.1201 (2m) Discrimination. Persons otherwise entitled to any right, benefit, facility, or privilege under ss. 66.1201 to 66.1211 may not be denied the right, benefit, facility, or privilege in any manner for any purpose nor be discriminated against because of sex, race, color, creed, national origin, sexual orientation, status as a victim of domestic abuse, sexual assault, or stalking, as defined in s. 106.50 (1m) (u), or national origin status as a holder or nonholder of a license under s. 343.03 (3r).

SB70,1256 Section 1256 . 66.1213 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,825,24 66.1213 (3) Discrimination. Persons otherwise entitled to any right, benefit, facility, or privilege under this section may not be denied the right, benefit, facility, or privilege in any manner for any purpose nor be discriminated against because of sex, race, color, creed, national origin, sexual orientation, status as a victim of domestic abuse, sexual assault, or stalking, as defined in s. 106.50 (1m) (u), or national origin status as a holder or nonholder of a license under s. 343.03 (3r).

SB70,1257 Section 1257 . 66.1301 (2m) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,826,6 66.1301 (2m) Discrimination. Persons entitled to any right, benefit, facility, or privilege under ss. 66.1301 to 66.1329 may not be denied the right, benefit, facility, or privilege in any manner for any purpose nor be discriminated against because of sex, race, color, creed, national origin, sexual orientation, status as a victim of domestic abuse, sexual assault, or stalking, as defined in s. 106.50 (1m) (u), or national origin status as a holder or nonholder of a license under s. 343.03 (3r).

SB70,1258 Section 1258 . 66.1333 (3) (e) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,826,13 66.1333 (3) (e) 2. Persons otherwise entitled to any right, benefit, facility, or privilege under this section may not be denied the right, benefit, facility, or privilege in any manner for any purpose nor be discriminated against because of sex, race, color, creed, national origin, sexual orientation, status as a victim of domestic abuse, sexual assault, or stalking, as defined in s. 106.50 (1m) (u), or national origin status as a holder or nonholder of a license under s. 343.03 (3r).

SB70,1259 Section 1259. 67.01 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,826,22 67.01 (5) “Municipality" means any of the following which is authorized to levy a tax: a county, city, village, town, school district, board of park commissioners, technical college district, metropolitan sewerage district created under ss. 200.01 to 200.15 or 200.21 to 200.65, town sanitary district under subch. IX of ch. 60, transit authority created under s. 66.1039, public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district established under s. 33.23, 33.235, or 33.24, and any other public body empowered to borrow money and issue obligations to repay the money out of public funds or revenues. “Municipality" does not include the state.

SB70,1260 Section 1260 . 69.03 (15) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,827,2 69.03 (15) Periodically provide to each county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) a list of names and, notwithstanding s. 69.20 (2) (a), addresses of registrants who reside in that county for whom no father's only one parent's name has been inserted on the registrant's birth record within 6 months of birth.

SB70,1261 Section 1261 . 69.11 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,827,17 69.11 (4) (b) The state registrar may amend an item on a birth record that affects information about the name, sex, date of birth, place of birth, parent's name, or parent's marital status of the mother if 365 days have elapsed since the occurrence of the event that is the subject of the birth record, if the amendment is at the request of a person with a direct and tangible interest in the record and is in the manner prescribed by the state registrar, and if the amendment is accompanied by 2 items of documentary evidence from early childhood that are sufficient to prove that the item to be changed is in error and by the affidavit of the person requesting the amendment. A change in the marital status on the birth record may be made under this paragraph only if the marital status is inconsistent with information concerning the father or husband that appears on the birth record. This paragraph may not be used to add to or delete from a birth record the name of a parent, to change the identity of a parent named on the birth record, or to effect a name change prohibited under s. 301.47.

SB70,1262 Section 1262 . 69.12 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,827,23 69.12 (5) A change in the marital status on the record of birth may be requested under this section only if the marital status is inconsistent with father or husband information appearing on the birth record. This section may not be used to add or delete the name of a parent on the record of birth or change the identity of either parent named on the birth record.

SB70,1263 Section 1263 . 69.13 (2) (b) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,828,5 69.13 (2) (b) 4. If relevant to the correction sought, a certified copy of a marriage document, divorce or annulment record, or a final divorce decree that indicates that the mother was not married to the person listed as her husband spouse at any time during the pregnancy, a legal name change order, or any other legal document that clarifies the disputed information.

SB70,1264 Section 1264 . 69.14 (1) (c) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,828,10 69.14 (1) (c) 4. In the absence of a person under subds. 1. to 3., the father or mother, father, or mother's spouse, or in the absence of the father or the mother's spouse and the inability of the mother, the person responsible for the premises where the birth occurs.

SB70,1265 Section 1265 . 69.14 (1) (e) (title) and 1. of the statutes are amended to read:

SB70,828,17 69.14 (1) (e) (title) Father's Spouse's or father's name. 1. If Except as provided in par. (h), if the mother of a registrant under this section was married at any time from the conception to the birth of the registrant, the name of the husband spouse of the mother shall be entered on the birth record as the a legal father parent of the registrant. The name of the father parent entered under this subdivision may not be changed except by a proceeding under ch. 767.

SB70,1266 Section 1266 . 69.14 (1) (f) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,828,24 69.14 (1) (f) 1. a. Except as provided under subd. 1. b., if the mother of a registrant of a birth record under this section is married to the father of the registrant at any time from the conception to the birth of the registrant, the given name and surname which that the mother and father of the registrant and her spouse enter for the registrant on the birth record shall be the given name and surname filed and registered on the birth record.

SB70,829,9 b. If the mother of a registrant of a birth record under this section is married to the father of the registrant at any time from the conception to the birth of the registrant and the mother is separated or divorced from the father of the registrant at the time of birth, the given name and surname which that the parent of the registrant with actual custody enters for the registrant on the birth record shall be the given name and surname filed and registered on the birth record, except that if a court has granted legal custody of the registrant, the given name and surname which that the person with legal custody enters for the registrant on the birth record shall be the given name and surname filed and registered on the birth record.

SB70,829,17 c. If the mother of a registrant of a birth record under this section is not married to the father of the registrant at any time from the conception to the birth of the registrant, the given name and surname which that the mother of the registrant enters for the registrant on the birth record shall be the given name and surname filed and registered on the birth record, except that if a court has granted legal custody of the registrant, the given name and surname which that the person with legal custody enters for the registrant on the birth record shall be the given name and surname filed and registered on the birth record.

SB70,1267 Section 1267 . 69.14 (1) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,829,25 69.14 (1) (g) Birth by artificial insemination. If the registrant of a birth record under this section is born as a result of artificial insemination under the requirements of s. 891.40, the husband spouse of the woman person inseminated shall be considered the father a parent of the registrant on the birth record. If the registrant is born as a result of artificial insemination which does not satisfy the requirements of s. 891.40, the information about the father of the registrant shall be omitted from the registrant's birth record.

SB70,1268 Section 1268. 69.14 (2) (b) 2. d. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,830,5 69.14 (2) (b) 2. d. The full name of the father or the mother's spouse, except that if the mother was not married at the time of conception or birth or between conception and birth of the registrant, the name of the father may not be entered except as provided under s. 69.15 (3).

SB70,1269 Section 1269 . 69.15 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,830,11 69.15 (1) Birth record information changes. The state registrar may change information on a birth record registered in this state which was correct at the time the birth record was filed under a court or administrative order issued in this state, in another state or in Canada or under the valid order of a court of any federally recognized Indian tribe, band, or nation if all of the following occur:

SB70,830,13 (a) The order provides for an adoption, name change, or name change with sex change or establishes paternity; and or parentage.

SB70,830,18 (b) A clerk of court or, for a paternity or parentage action, a clerk of court or county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5), sends the state registrar a certified report of an order of a court in this state in the method prescribed by the state registrar or, in the case of any other order, the state registrar receives a certified copy of the order and the proper fee under s. 69.22.

SB70,1270 Section 1270 . 69.15 (3) (title) and (a) (intro.), 1., 2. and 3. of the statutes are amended to read:

SB70,830,25 69.15 (3) (title) Paternity Parentage. (a) (intro.) If the state registrar receives an order under sub. (1) that establishes paternity or determines that the man person whose name appears on a registrant's birth record is not the father parent of the registrant, or a report under s. 767.804 (1) (c) that shows a conclusive determination of paternity, the state registrar shall do the following, as appropriate:

SB70,831,4 1. Prepare under sub. (6) a new record omitting the father's parent's name if the order determines that the man person whose name appears on a registrant's birth record is not the father parent of the registrant and if there is no adjudicated father.

SB70,831,7 2. Prepare under sub. (6) a new record for the subject of a paternity action changing the name of the father parent if the name of the adjudicated father is different than the name of the man person on the birth record.

SB70,831,10 3. Except as provided under subd. 4., insert the name of the adjudicated or conclusively determined father on the original birth record if the name of the father that parent was omitted on the original record.

SB70,1271 Section 1271 . 69.15 (3) (b) 1., 2., 3. and 4. (intro.), a. and b. of the statutes are amended to read:

SB70,831,21 69.15 (3) (b) 1. Except as provided under par. (c), if the state registrar receives a statement acknowledging paternity parentage in the manner prescribed by the state registrar and signed by both of the birth natural parents of a child determined to be a marital child under s. 767.803, a certified copy of the parents' marriage record, and the fee required under s. 69.22 (5) (b) 1., the state registrar shall insert the name of the husband spouse of the person who gave birth from the marriage record as the father parent if the name of the father that parent was omitted on the original birth record. The state registrar shall include for the acknowledgment the items in s. 767.813 (5g).

SB70,832,2 2. Except as provided under par. (c), if the parent of a child determined to be a marital child under s. 767.803 dies after his or her marriage and before the statement acknowledging paternity parentage has been signed, the state registrar shall insert the name of the father parent under subd. 1. upon receipt of a court order determining that the husband spouse was the father parent of the child.

SB70,832,13 3. Except as provided under par. (c), if the state registrar receives a statement acknowledging paternity parentage in the method prescribed by the state registrar and signed by both parents, neither of whom was under the age of 18 years when the form was signed, along with the fee under s. 69.22, the state registrar shall insert the name of the father parent under subd. 1. The state registrar shall mark the record to show that the acknowledgement is on file. The acknowledgement shall be available to the department of children and families or a county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) pursuant to the program responsibilities under s. 49.22 or to any other person with a direct and tangible interest in the record. The state registrar shall include on the acknowledgment the information in s. 767.805 and the items in s. 767.813 (5g).

SB70,832,18 4. (intro.) If a registrant has not reached the age of 18 years and if any of the following indicate, in a statement acknowledging paternity parentage under subd. 1. or 3., that the given name or surname, or both, of the registrant should be changed on the birth record, the state registrar shall enter the name indicated on the birth record without a court order:

SB70,832,20 a. The mother of the parent who gave birth to the registrant, except as provided under subd. 4. b. and c.

SB70,832,22 b. The father of natural parent who did not give birth to the registrant if the father that parent has legal custody of the registrant.

SB70,1272 Section 1272 . 69.15 (3) (b) 3m. of the statutes is created to read:

SB70,833,5 69.15 (3) (b) 3m. Except as provided in par. (c), if the state registrar receives an acknowledgement of parentage on a form prescribed by the state registrar and signed by both of the people presumed to be natural parents under s. 891.41 (1) (b), a certified copy of the parents' marriage certificate, and the fee required under s. 69.22 (5) (b) 1., the state registrar shall insert the name of the spouse from the marriage certificate as a parent if the name of that parent was omitted on the original birth certificate.

SB70,1273 Section 1273 . 69.15 (3) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,833,9 69.15 (3) (d) The method prescribed by the state registrar for acknowledging paternity parentage shall require that the social security number of each of the registrant's parents be provided.

SB70,1274 Section 1274 . 69.15 (3m) (title) and (a) (intro.) of the statutes are amended to read:

SB70,833,15 69.15 (3m) (title) Rescission of statement acknowledging paternity parentage. (a) (intro.) A statement acknowledging paternity parentage that is filed with the state registrar under sub. (3) (b) 3. may be rescinded by either person who signed the statement as a parent of the registrant if all of the following apply:

SB70,1275 Section 1275 . 69.15 (3m) (a) 3. and (b) of the statutes are amended to read:

SB70,833,21 69.15 (3m) (a) 3. The person rescinding the statement files a rescission in the method prescribed under subd. 2. before the day on which a court or circuit court commissioner makes an order in an action affecting the family involving the man person who signed the statement and the child who is the subject of the statement or before 60 days elapse after the statement was filed, whichever occurs first.

SB70,833,25 (b) If the state registrar, within the time required under par. (a) 3., receives a rescission in the method prescribed by the state registrar, along with the proper fee under s. 69.22, the state registrar shall prepare under sub. (6) a new record omitting the father's parent's name if it was inserted under sub. (3) (b).

SB70,1276 Section 1276. 70.03 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,834,14 70.03 (1) In chs. 70 to 76, 78, and 79, “real property," “real estate," and “land" include not only the land itself but all buildings and , fixtures, improvements thereon, and all fixtures and, leases, rights , and privileges appertaining thereto, including assets that cannot be taxed separately as real property, but are inextricably intertwined with the real property, enable the real property to achieve its highest and best use, and are transferable to future owners, except as provided in sub. (2) and except that for the purpose of time-share property, as defined in s. 707.02 (32), real property does not include recurrent exclusive use and occupancy on a periodic basis or other rights, including, but not limited to, membership rights, vacation services, and club memberships. In this subsection, “lease” means a right in real estate that is related primarily to the property and not to the labor, skill, or business acumen of the property owner or tenant. In this subsection, “highest and best use” has the meaning given in s. 70.32 (1).

SB70,1277 Section 1277. 70.04 (1r) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,834,21 70.04 (1r) Toll bridges; private railroads and bridges; saw Saw logs, timber, and lumber, either upon land or afloat; steamboats, ships, and other vessels, whether at home or abroad; ferry boats, including the franchise for running the same; ice cut and stored for use, sale, or shipment; beginning May 1, 1974, and manufacturing machinery and equipment as defined in s. 70.11 (27), and entire property of companies defined in s. 76.28 (1), located entirely within one taxation district.

SB70,1278 Section 1278. 70.043 of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,835,5 70.043 Mobile homes, recreational mobile homes, and manufactured homes. (1) A mobile home, as defined in s. 101.91 (10), a recreational mobile home, as defined in s. 66.0435 (1) (hm), or a manufactured home, as defined in s. 101.91 (2), is an improvement to real property if it is connected to utilities and is set upon a foundation upon land which is owned by the mobile home, recreational mobile home, or manufactured home owner. In this section, a mobile home, recreational mobile home, or manufactured home is “set upon a foundation" if it is off its wheels and is set upon some other support.

SB70,835,11 (2) A mobile home, as defined in s. 101.91 (10), a recreational mobile home, as defined in s. 66.0435 (1) (hm), or a manufactured home, as defined in s. 101.91 (2), is personal property if the land upon which it is located is not owned by the mobile home, recreational mobile home, or manufactured home owner or if the mobile home, recreational mobile home, or manufactured home is not set upon a foundation or connected to utilities.

SB70,1279 Section 1279. 70.05 (5) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,835,15 70.05 (5) (a) 1. “Assessed value" means with respect to each taxation district the total values established under ss. s. 70.32 and 70.34, but excluding manufacturing property subject to assessment under s. 70.995.

SB70,1280 Section 1280. 70.10 of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,835,25 70.10 Assessment, when made, exemption. The assessor shall assess all real and personal taxable property as of the close of January 1 of each year. Except in cities of the 1st class and 2nd class cities that have a board of assessors under s. 70.075, the assessment shall be finally completed before the first Monday in April. All real property conveyed by condemnation or in any other manner to the state, any county, city, village or town by gift, purchase, tax deed or power of eminent domain before January 2 in such year shall not be included in the assessment. Assessment of manufacturing property subject to s. 70.995 shall be made according to that section.

SB70,1281 Section 1281. 70.11 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,836,25 70.11 (2) Municipal property and property of certain districts, exception. Property owned by any county, city, village, town, school district, technical college district, public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district, metropolitan sewerage district, municipal water district created under s. 198.22, joint local water authority created under s. 66.0823, transit authority created under s. 66.1039, regional planning commission created under s. 66.0309, long-term care district under s. 46.2895, or town sanitary district; lands belonging to cities of any other state used for public parks; land tax-deeded to any county or city before January 2; but any residence located upon property owned by the county for park purposes that is rented out by the county for a nonpark purpose shall not be exempt from taxation. Except as to land acquired under s. 59.84 (2) (d), this exemption shall not apply to land conveyed after August 17, 1961, to any such governmental unit or for its benefit while the grantor or others for his or her benefit are permitted to occupy the land or part thereof in consideration for the conveyance. The exemption under this subsection applies to the property of a regional planning commission that the commission owned prior to October 1, 2021. If a regional planning commission subsequently sells property exempt from taxation under this subsection, the exemption applies to property purchased and owned by the commission if the total size of all property owned by the commission is substantially similar in size to the total property owned by the commission prior to October 1, 2021. Any property of the regional planning commission in excess of that size restriction is subject to taxation under this chapter. Leasing the property exempt under this subsection, regardless of the lessee and the use of the leasehold income, does not render that property taxable.

SB70,1282 Section 1282. 70.11 (36) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70,837,13 70.11 (36) (a) Property consisting of or contained in a sports and entertainment home stadium, except a football stadium as defined in s. 229.821 (6); including but not limited to parking lots, garages, restaurants, parks, concession facilities, entertainment facilities, transportation facilities, and other functionally related or auxiliary facilities and structures, and any other property constituting baseball park development, as defined in s. 229.65 (1m); including those facilities and structures while they are being built; constructed by, leased to or primarily used by a professional athletic team that is a member of a league that includes teams that have home stadiums in other states, and the land on which that stadium and those structures and facilities are located. Leasing or subleasing the property; regardless of the lessee, the sublessee and the use of the leasehold income; does not render the property taxable.

SB70,1283 Section 1283. 70.11 (38v) of the statutes is created to read:

SB70,837,19 70.11 (38v) Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority headquarters. Land and buildings on that land owned by the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority and used exclusively as either the corporate headquarters of the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority or the parking facilities associated with those headquarters.

SB70,1284 Section 1284. 70.11 (42) of the statutes is repealed.

SB70,1285 Section 1285. 70.11 (47) of the statutes is created to read:

SB70,838,2 70.11 (47) Cranberry research and educational station. All property, but not exceeding 50 acres of land, owned or leased by an entity that is exempt from taxation under section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code and that is used primarily for research and educational activities associated with commercial cranberry production.