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1997 - 1998 LEGISLATURE
March 27, 1997 - Introduced by Representatives Otte, Springer, Zukowski,
Hasenohrl, Musser, Gard, Reynolds, Olsen, Lorge, Owens, Hahn, Goetsch,
Brandemuehl, F. Lasee, Grothman, Gunderson and Plouff, cosponsored by
Senators Clausing, C. Potter, A. Lasee, Buettner and Fitzgerald. Referred
to Committee on Agriculture.
AB223,1,2
1An Act to amend 71.59 (1) (b) 3. of the statutes;
relating to: eligibility and
2certification to receive the farmland preservation credit.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, a claimant of the farmland preservation credit is required
to supply a number of documents to the department of revenue (DOR) each year in
support of the claimant's application. The required documents include a copy of the
property tax bill relating to the farmland, certification by the claimant that all taxes
owed by the claimant on the property for which the claim is made for the year before
the year for which the claim is made have been paid and a copy of the farmland
preservation agreement or a certificate of the appropriate zoning authority.
If the claimant submits a certificate from the appropriate zoning authority, the
zoning authority must certify several items, including certification that the lands are
within the boundaries of an agricultural zoning district which is part of an adopted
ordinance that meets certain standards; that the ordinance has been approved, if
necessary, by the town board in which the lands are located; that each structure or
improvement on the lands conforms to the requirements of an exclusive agricultural
use ordinance; and that certain soil and water conservation standards are met.
Under this bill, if the claimant determines that none of the items that a zoning
authority must certify under current law have changed since the last time the
claimant obtained zoning authority certification, the claimant is not required to
provide DOR with a certificate of the appropriate zoning authority; the claimant
instead may certify to DOR that no such changes have occurred.
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:
AB223, s. 1
1Section
1. 71.59 (1) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB223,2,82
71.59
(1) (b) 3. A copy of the farmland preservation agreement or a certificate
3of the appropriate zoning authority
, except that, if the claimant has obtained a
4certificate of the appropriate zoning authority to file a claim in a previous year and
5the claimant determines that the conditions described under par. (d) that caused the
6authority to issue the previous certificate have not changed and are still applicable,
7the claimant may certify that such conditions have not changed and still apply and
8such a claimant is not required to submit a certificate of the zoning authority.
