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1999 - 2000 LEGISLATURE
March 8, 1999 - Introduced by Representatives La Fave, Sykora, J. Lehman,
Goetsch, Bock, Colon, Kreuser, Powers and Riley, cosponsored by Senator
Burke. Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
AB178,1,2
1An Act to amend 74.53 (1) (b) of the statutes;
relating to: personal liability for
2razing costs.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, counties and municipalities may bring a civil action against
persons for certain costs that appear on property tax bills. Among those costs are
those of razing property and restoring the site. Those costs are charged against the
person who owned the property when it was razed. Under this bill, those costs may
also be charged against the person who owned the property when the order to raze
the property was recorded in the register of deeds office.
For further information see the 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:
AB178, s. 1
3Section
1. 74.53 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB178,2,34
74.53
(1) (b) The cost of razing and removing property and restoring the site
5to a dust-free and erosion-free condition incurred under s. 66.05 (2), (5), (8) (bg) or
6(10) or of filling an excavation incurred under s. 66.05 (6) if the person owned the
1property when the property was razed and removed and the site restored or the
2excavation was filled
, or if the person owned the property when the order to raze the
3property was recorded in the register of deeds office.
