propane transport
Under current law, in general, no person may operate on a highway any vehicle
or combination of vehicles that exceeds certain statutory weight limits unless that
person obtains a permit issued by the Department of Transportation or a local

highway authority. Among the weight limitations are, generally, limitations on the
gross weight imposed on the highway by the wheels of any one axle or by consecutive
axles of the vehicle. In general, the maximum weight that may be imposed on the
highway by one axle is 20,000 pounds and the maximum weight that may be imposed
on the highway by two axles is 35,000 pounds if the axles are eight feet apart and
34,000 pounds if the axles are less than eight feet apart.
Also under current law, local highway authorities may impose special or
seasonal weight limitations on highways that, because of deterioration or climatic
conditions, would likely be seriously damaged or destroyed if limitations were not
imposed. For vehicles carrying certain commodities or being used to perform certain
services, local highway authorities may set different weight limitations or exempt
the vehicles from the special or seasonal weight limitations if an exemption or
limitation is in the interest of public health, safety, and welfare.
Local authorities may also designate highways under their jurisdiction as class
“B” highways. With limited exceptions, the maximum gross weight and per-axle
vehicle weight for vehicles on a class “B” highway is 60 percent of the weight allowed
by statute if the vehicles were operating on a highway that is not designated as a
class “B” highway.
This substitute amendment provides that special or seasonal weight
limitations imposed by a highway authority and class “B” highway weight
limitations do not apply to a motor vehicle that is being operated to deliver propane
for heating purposes if the gross weight imposed on the highway by the vehicle does
not exceed 30,000 pounds, for a vehicle with a single rear axle, or 40,000 pounds, for
a vehicle with tandem rear axles, and, if the motor vehicle is a tank vehicle, the tank
is loaded to no more than 50 percent of the capacity of the tank. The substitute
amendment provides that a tank vehicle must be equipped with a gauge on the tank
that shows the amount of propane in the tank as a percent of capacity of the tank and
must carry documentation of the capacity of the tank either on the cargo tank or in
the cab of the vehicle.
Property owner rights regarding assessments
Current law prohibits a person from appearing before the board of review to
contest the assessed value of the person's property if the person has refused a
reasonable written request from the assessor to view the property. A person who is
prohibited from appearing before the board of review is also barred from filing a
claim for an excessive assessment with the taxation district.
This substitute amendment allows a person who has refused an assessor's
request to view the interior of a person's residence to appear before the board of
review to contest the property's assessed value and, ultimately, to file a claim with
the taxation district for an excessive assessment. The substitute amendment also
provides that the assessor may not increase the value of a person's property based
solely on the person's refusal to allow entry to the assessor. In addition, the
substitute amendment requires an assessor to provide written notice to each owner
of residential property regarding the property owner's right to refuse entry to his or
her residence for property tax assessment purposes. The substitute amendment

retains the authority of the assessor under current law to enter onto property to
conduct an exterior inspection of the property.
The substitute amendment also requires the board of review to meet at any time
during the 45-day period beginning on the fourth Monday of April, but no sooner
than seven days after the assessment roll is open for examination, instead of the
30-day period beginning on the second Monday of May, as provided under current
law. In addition, the substitute amendment requires a property owner who is asked
by the assessor to provide income information to submit that information no later
than seven days before the first meeting of the board of review.
reports on bills and rules affecting housing
Current law requires the Department of Administration to prepare a report on
any bill or any proposed administrative rule that directly or substantially affects the
development, construction, cost, or availability of housing in this state. A report for
a bill must be completed within 30 days after the bill affecting housing is introduced,
and a report for a proposed rule must be completed within 30 days after the rule is
submitted to DOA and must be completed before the rule is submitted to the
Legislative Council Staff for review. A report on either a bill or a proposed rule that
affects housing must include information on the effect of the bill or proposed rule on
the state housing strategy plan, the cost of constructing, rehabilitating, improving,
or maintaining housing, the cost and availability of financing to purchase or develop
housing, the purchase price of housing, and other housing costs such as rent, utilities
and property taxes.
This substitute amendment does all of the following with respect to reports on
bills or rules affecting housing:
1. Retitles such a report a “housing impact analysis.”
2. Requires a housing impact analysis for any bill or proposed rule that may
increase or decrease, either directly or indirectly, the cost of the development,
construction, financing, purchasing, sale, ownership, or availability of housing in
this state.
3. Makes various changes to the information and analysis that is required to
be included in a housing impact analysis and specifies how that information is
expressed in the report.
4. With respect to a housing impact analysis for a proposed rule, requires the
agency proposing the rule, rather than DOA, to prepare the housing impact analysis.
The substitute amendment also requires that a housing impact analysis be included
in an agency's submission to the Legislative Council Staff during the rule-making
process and that an agency prepare a revised housing impact analysis if the housing
impact of the rule is significantly changed.
shoreland zoning
Under current law, a county must enact a shoreland zoning ordinance for all
shorelands in its unincorporated area and the ordinance may not regulate a matter
more restrictively than the matter is regulated by shoreland zoning standards
established by DNR by rule. Current law defines a shoreland to be an area within
a specified distance from the edge of a navigable water.

Under current law, generally, a shoreland zoning standard and a county
shoreland zoning ordinance may not require any approval or impose any fee or
mitigation requirement for, or otherwise prohibit or regulate, the maintenance,
repair, replacement, restoration, rebuilding, or remodeling of all or any part of
certain structures if the activity does not expand the footprint of the existing
structure. Under current law, those structures include a nonconforming structure
and a structure of which any part is legally located in the shoreland setback area by
operation of a variance, and certain specified structures that were legally
constructed in the shoreland setback area; the bill adds a building or structure in
violation of a county shoreland zoning ordinance that may not be enforced because
of a ten-year statute of limitations.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB480-ASA2,1 1Section 1 . 13.099 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB480-ASA2,7,102 13.099 (2) Report on Analysis of bills affecting housing. (a) If any bill that
3is introduced in either house of the legislature directly or substantially affects may
4increase or decrease, either directly or indirectly, the cost of
the development,
5construction, cost, financing, purchasing, sale, ownership, or availability of housing
6in this state, the department shall prepare a report on housing impact analysis for
7the bill within 30 days after it is introduced. The department may request any
8information from other state agencies, local governments, or individuals, or
9organizations that is reasonably necessary for the department to prepare the report
10analysis.
AB480-ASA2,7,1511 (b) A bill that requires a report by the department housing impact analysis
12under this section shall have that requirement noted on its jacket when the jacket
13is prepared. When a bill that requires a report housing impact analysis under this
14section is introduced, the legislative reference bureau shall submit a copy of the bill
15to the department.
AB480-ASA2,8,3
1(c) The report A housing impact analysis prepared under this section shall be
2printed as an appendix to that applicable bill and shall be distributed in the same
3manner as amendments.
AB480-ASA2,2 4Section 2 . 13.099 (3) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB480-ASA2,8,65 13.099 (3) (title) Findings of the department to be contained in the report
6housing impact analysis.
AB480-ASA2,3 7Section 3 . 13.099 (3) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB480-ASA2,8,108 13.099 (3) (a) (intro.) The report of the department A housing impact analysis
9shall contain information about the effect of the bill on housing in this state,
10including information on the effect of the bill on all of the following:
AB480-ASA2,4 11Section 4 . 13.099 (3) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB480-ASA2,8,1312 13.099 (3) (a) 2. The cost of developing, constructing, rehabilitating, improving
13or, maintaining single family, or owning single-family or multifamily dwellings.
AB480-ASA2,5 14Section 5 . 13.099 (3) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB480-ASA2,8,1615 13.099 (3) (a) 3. The purchase price of housing new homes or the fair market
16value of existing homes
.
AB480-ASA2,6 17Section 6 . 13.099 (3) (a) 6. of the statutes is created to read:
AB480-ASA2,8,1918 13.099 (3) (a) 6. The density, location, setback, size, or height of development
19on a lot, parcel, land division, or subdivision.
AB480-ASA2,7 20Section 7 . 13.099 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB480-ASA2,8,2221 13.099 (3) (b) The report A housing impact analysis shall analyze the relative
22impact of the effects of the bill on low- and moderate-income households.
AB480-ASA2,8 23Section 8 . 13.099 (3) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
AB480-ASA2,9,324 13.099 (3) (c) 1. Except as provided in subd. 2., a housing impact analysis shall
25provide reasonable estimates of the information under pars. (a) and (b) expressed as

1dollar figures and shall include descriptions of the immediate effect and, if
2ascertainable, the long-term effect. The department shall include a brief summary
3or worksheet of computations used in determining any such dollar figures.
AB480-ASA2,9,74 2. If, after careful consideration, the department determines that it is not
5possible to make an estimate expressed as dollar figures as provided in subd. 1., the
6analysis shall instead contain a statement to that effect setting forth the reasons for
7that determination.
AB480-ASA2,9 8Section 9 . 13.099 (3) (d) of the statutes is created to read:
AB480-ASA2,9,129 13.099 (3) (d) Except as otherwise specified in par. (a), a housing impact
10analysis shall be prepared on the basis of a median-priced single-family residence
11but may include estimates for larger developments as an analysis of the long-term
12effect of the bill.
AB480-ASA2,10 13Section 10. 59.692 (1k) (a) 2. of the statutes is renumbered 59.692 (1k) (a) 2.
14(intro.) and amended to read:
AB480-ASA2,9,1915 59.692 (1k) (a) 2. (intro.) Except as provided in par. (b), requires any approval
16or imposes any fee or mitigation requirement for, or otherwise prohibits or regulates,
17the maintenance, repair, replacement, restoration, rebuilding, or remodeling of all
18or any part of a any of the following if the activity does not expand the footprint of
19the structure:
AB480-ASA2,9,20 20a. A nonconforming structure or a.
AB480-ASA2,9,23 21b. A structure of which any part is legally located in the shoreland setback area
22by operation of a variance granted before July 13, 2015, if the activity does not
23expand the footprint of the structure
.
AB480-ASA2,11 24Section 11 . 59.692 (1k) (a) 2. c. of the statutes is created to read:
AB480-ASA2,10,2
159.692 (1k) (a) 2. c. A building or structure in violation of a county shoreland
2zoning ordinance that, under sub. (1t), may not be enforced.
AB480-ASA2,12 3Section 12 . 66.0617 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB480-ASA2,10,114 66.0617 (7) Low-cost, workforce housing. An ordinance enacted under this
5section may provide for an exemption from, or a reduction in the amount of, impact
6fees on land development that provides low-cost housing, except that no or workforce
7housing, as defined in s. 66.1105 (2) (n). Under no circumstances may the
amount
8of an impact fee for which an exemption or reduction is provided under this
9subsection may be shifted to any other development in the land development in
10which the low-cost housing or workforce housing is located or to any other land
11development in the municipality.
AB480-ASA2,13 12Section 13. 66.10015 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB480-ASA2,10,1913 66.10015 (2) (b) If a project requires more than one approval or approvals from
14more than one or more political subdivision subdivisions and the applicant identifies
15the full scope of the project at the time of filing the application for the first approval
16required for the project, the existing requirements applicable in each political
17subdivision at the time of filing the application for the first approval required for the
18project shall be applicable to all subsequent approvals required for the project, unless
19the applicant and the political subdivision agree otherwise.
AB480-ASA2,14 20Section 14. 66.1105 (2) (ab) of the statutes is renumbered 66.1105 (2) (n)
21(intro.) and amended to read:
AB480-ASA2,11,222 66.1105 (2) (n) (intro.) “Affordable Workforce housing" means housing that
23costs a household no more than 30 percent of the household's gross monthly income.

24to which all of the following apply, as adjusted for family size and the county in which
25the household is located, based on the county's 5 year average median income and

1housing costs as calculated by the U.S. bureau of census in its American community
2survey:
AB480-ASA2,15 3Section 15. 66.1105 (2) (f) 3. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB480-ASA2,11,94 66.1105 (2) (f) 3. (intro.) Notwithstanding subd. 1., project costs may include
5any expenditures made or estimated to be made or monetary obligations incurred or
6estimated to be incurred by the city for newly platted residential development only
7for any tax incremental district for which a project plan is approved before
8September 30, 1995, for any workforce housing development, or for a mixed-use
9development tax incremental district to which one of the following applies:
AB480-ASA2,16 10Section 16. 66.1105 (2) (n) 1. of the statutes is created to read:
AB480-ASA2,11,1211 66.1105 (2) (n) 1. The housing costs a household no more than 30 percent of the
12household's gross median income.
AB480-ASA2,17 13Section 17. 66.1105 (2) (n) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
AB480-ASA2,11,1614 66.1105 (2) (n) 2. With regard to a workforce housing development district, the
15construction cost per housing unit, including rental housing, is no more than 80
16percent of the median price for new residential construction in the county.
AB480-ASA2,18 17Section 18. 66.1105 (2) (o) of the statutes is created to read:
AB480-ASA2,11,2018 66.1105 (2) (o) “Workforce housing development” means development that
19contains only newly platted residential uses, and 100 percent of the residential
20development must be workforce housing.
AB480-ASA2,19 21Section 19. 66.1105 (4) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB480-ASA2,12,422 66.1105 (4) (c) Identification of the specific property to be included under par.
23(gm) 4. as blighted, in need of workforce housing, or in need of rehabilitation or
24conservation work. Owners of the property identified shall be notified of the
25proposed finding and the date of the hearing to be held under par. (e) at least 15 days

1prior to the date of the hearing. In cities with a redevelopment authority under s.
266.1333, the notification required under this paragraph may be provided with the
3notice required under s. 66.1333 (6) (b) 3., if the notice is transmitted at least 15 days
4prior to the date of the hearing to be held under par. (e).
AB480-ASA2,20 5Section 20. 66.1105 (4) (gm) 4. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB480-ASA2,12,106 66.1105 (4) (gm) 4. a. Not Except as provided in subd. 4. am., not less than 50
7percent, by area, of the real property within the district is at least one of the following:
8a blighted area; in need of rehabilitation or conservation work, as defined in s.
966.1337 (2m) (a); suitable for industrial sites within the meaning of s. 66.1101 and
10has been zoned for industrial use; or suitable for mixed-use development; and
AB480-ASA2,21 11Section 21. 66.1105 (4) (gm) 4. am. of the statutes is created to read:
AB480-ASA2,12,1412 66.1105 (4) (gm) 4. am. If the district is a workforce housing development
13district, 100 percent, by area, of the real property within the district is suitable for
14a workforce housing development district and will be used for workforce housing.
AB480-ASA2,22 15Section 22. 66.1105 (4) (gm) 4. bm. of the statutes, as affected by 2017
16Wisconsin Act 15
, is amended to read:
AB480-ASA2,12,2117 66.1105 (4) (gm) 4. bm. The project costs relate directly to eliminating blight,
18directly serve to rehabilitate or conserve the area, directly increase workforce
19housing,
or directly serve to promote industrial or mixed-use development,
20consistent with the purpose for which the tax incremental district is created under
21subd. 4. a. or am.; and
AB480-ASA2,23 22Section 23. 66.1105 (4) (gm) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB480-ASA2,13,523 66.1105 (4) (gm) 6. Declares that the district is a blighted area district, a
24rehabilitation or conservation district, an industrial district, a workforce housing
25development district,
or a mixed-use district based on the identification and

1classification of the property included within the district under par. (c) and subd. 4.
2a. or am. If the district is not exclusively blighted, rehabilitation or conservation,
3industrial, workforce housing, or mixed use, the declaration under this subdivision
4shall be based on which classification is predominant with regard to the area
5described in subd. 4. a.
AB480-ASA2,24 6Section 24. 66.1105 (4m) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB480-ASA2,13,237 66.1105 (4m) (b) 2. No tax incremental district may be created and no project
8plan may be amended unless the board approves the resolution adopted under sub.
9(4) (gm) or (h) 1., and no tax incremental base may be redetermined under sub. (5)
10(h) unless the board approves the resolution adopted under sub. (5) (h) 1., by a
11majority vote within 45 days after receiving the resolution, except that with regard
12to a workforce housing development district, the board must approve the resolution
13adopted under sub. (4) (gm) or (h) 1. by a unanimous vote
. With regard to a
14multijurisdictional tax incremental district created under this section, each public
15member of a participating city must be part of the majority that votes for approval
16of the resolution or the district may not be created. The board may not approve the
17resolution under this subdivision unless the board's approval contains a positive
18assertion that, in its judgment, the development described in the documents the
19board has reviewed under subd. 1. would not occur without the creation of a tax
20incremental district. The board may not approve the resolution under this
21subdivision unless the board finds that, with regard to a tax incremental district that
22is proposed to be created by a city under sub. (17) (a), such a district would be the only
23existing district created under that subsection by that city.
AB480-ASA2,25 24Section 25. 66.1105 (6) (a) 8. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB480-ASA2,14,11
166.1105 (6) (a) 8. Twenty-seven years after the tax incremental district is
2created if the district is created on or after October 1, 2004, and if the district is a
3district specified under sub. (4) (gm) 6. other than a district specified under subd. 7.
4or 14. If the life of the district is extended under sub. (7) (am) 3. an allocation under
5this subdivision may be made 30 years after such a district is created. If the life of
6the district is extended under sub. (7) (am) 4., an allocation under this subdivision
7may be made for not more than an additional 3 years after allocations would
8otherwise have been terminated under this subdivision. For a tax incremental
9district created after March 3, 2016, the period during which a tax increment may
10be allocated under this subdivision shall be increased by one year if that district's
11project plan is adopted under sub. (4) (g) after September 30 and before May 15.
AB480-ASA2,26 12Section 26. 66.1105 (6) (a) 14. of the statutes is created to read:
AB480-ASA2,14,1413 66.1105 (6) (a) 14. Fifteen years after the tax incremental district is created if
14the district is a workforce housing development district.
AB480-ASA2,27 15Section 27 . 66.1105 (6) (g) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB480-ASA2,14,1916 66.1105 (6) (g) 3. If a city receives tax increments as described in subd. 2., the
17city shall use at least 75 percent of the increments received to benefit affordable
18workforce housing in the city. The remaining portion of the increments shall be used
19by the city to improve the city's housing stock.
AB480-ASA2,28 20Section 28. 66.1105 (7) (ak) 5. of the statutes is created to read:
AB480-ASA2,14,2221 66.1105 (7) (ak) 5. For a workforce housing development district, 15 years after
22the district is created.
AB480-ASA2,29 23Section 29 . 70.05 (4m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB480-ASA2,15,1224 70.05 (4m) A taxation district assessor may not enter upon a person's real
25property for purposes of conducting an assessment under this chapter more than

1once in each year, except that an assessor may enter upon a person's real property
2for purposes of conducting an assessment under this chapter more often if the
3property owner consents. A property owner may deny entry to an assessor of the
4interior of the owner's residence
if the owner has given prior notice to the assessor
5that the assessor may not enter the property interior of the residence without the
6property owner's permission. Each taxation district assessor shall create and
7maintain a database identifying all such property owners in the taxation district.
8A property owner's refusal to allow the assessor to enter the interior of the owner's
9residence shall not preclude the property owner from appearing before the board of
10review to object to the property's valuation, as provided under s. 70.47 (7), and the
11assessor may not increase the property's valuation based solely on the property
12owner's refusal to allow entry.
AB480-ASA2,30 13Section 30 . 70.05 (4n) of the statutes is created to read:
AB480-ASA2,15,1714 70.05 (4n) If a taxation district assessor is requesting to view the interior of a
15residence, the assessor shall provide written notice to the property owner of the
16property owner's rights regarding the inspection of the interior of the owner's
17residence. The notice shall be in substantially the following form:
AB480-ASA2,15,1818 PROPERTY OWNER RIGHTS
AB480-ASA2,16,219 You have the right to refuse entry into your residence pursuant to section 70.05
20(4m) of the Wisconsin statutes. Entry to view your property is prohibited unless
21voluntarily authorized by you. Pursuant to section 70.05 (4m) of the Wisconsin
22statutes, you have the right to refuse a visual inspection of the interior of your
23residence and your refusal to allow an interior inspection of your residence will not
24be used as the sole reason for increasing your property tax assessment. Refusing
25entry to your residence also does not prohibit you from objecting to your assessment

1pursuant to section 70.47 (7) of the Wisconsin statutes. Please indicate your consent
2or refusal to allow an interior visual inspection of your residence.
AB480-ASA2,31 3Section 31 . 70.47 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
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