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1995 - 1996 LEGISLATURE
December 12, 1995 - Introduced by Representatives Skindrud, Freese, Goetsch,
Ainsworth, Murat, Gard and Grothman, cosponsored by Senator A. Lasee.
Referred to Committee on Natural Resources.
AB734,1,2
1An Act to amend 77.81 (4) and 77.88 (1) (a); and
to create 77.88 (1) (am) of the
2statutes;
relating to: allowing managed forest land to be located in cities.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Certain lands are designated as managed forest land under a program
administered by the department of natural resources. Under this program, the
owner of land designated as managed forest land makes an annual acreage share
instead of the property taxes that normally would be payable.
Under current law, for a parcel of land to be eligible for the program, the parcel
must consist of at least 10 contiguous acres and must be located in a town or village.
Also at least 80% of the parcel must be capable of producing a minimum of 20 cubic
feet of timber per acre per year. Under the bill, the land may also be located in a city.
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:
AB734, s. 1
3Section
1. 77.81 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB734,1,44
77.81
(4) "Municipality" means a town
or
, village
or city.
AB734, s. 2
5Section
2. 77.88 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB734,2,46
77.88
(1) (a) The department may, at the request of the owner of managed forest
7land or of the governing body of the municipality in which any managed forest land
8is located, or at its own discretion, investigate to determine whether the designation
1as managed forest land should be withdrawn.
The Except as provided in par. (am),
2the department shall notify the owner of the land and
the mayor of the city, the
3chairperson of the town or the president of the village in which the land is located
4of the investigation.
AB734, s. 3
5Section
3. 77.88 (1) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
AB734,2,86
77.88
(1) (am) If a city or village is organized under subch. I of ch. 64, the
7department shall notify the president of the city council or village council of the
8investigation.
