1. Revises the managed forest land program to encourage private landowners to
include land in the managed forest land program by allowing land to be in the program
for a 15-year term.
2. Provides an appropriation to the department of natural resources (DNR) to
contract with private foresters to prepare plans for inclusion of wooded land into the
managed forest land program.
This bill is explained in more detail in Section notes following the relevant
Sections of the bill.
AB681, s. 1 1Section 1. 74.25 (1) (a) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB681,2,42 74.25 (1) (a) 6. Pay to the county treasurer 20% of collections of occupational
3taxes on coal docks, 20% of collections of the taxes imposed under ss. 77.04 and 77.84
4(2) (a) and (am) and all collections of payments for closed lands under s. 77.84 (2) (b).
AB681, s. 2 5Section 2. 74.30 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB681,2,86 74.30 (1) (f) Pay to the county treasurer 20% of collections of occupational taxes
7on coal docks, 20% of collections of the taxes imposed under ss. 77.04 and 77.84 (2)
8(a) and (am) and all collections of payments for closed lands under s. 77.84 (2) (b).
AB681, s. 3 9Section 3. 74.30 (1) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB681,2,1210 74.30 (1) (h) Retain for the taxation district all woodland tax law collections
11under s. 77.16 and 80% of collections of the taxes imposed under ss. 77.04 and 77.84
12(2) (a) and (am).
AB681, s. 4 13Section 4. 77.82 (2) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB681,2,1414 77.82 (2) (title) Petition Initial petition.
AB681, s. 5 15Section 5. 77.82 (2) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB681,2,1716 77.82 (2) (h) Whether the land will be designated as managed forest land for
1715, 25 or 50 years.
AB681, s. 6 18Section 6. 77.82 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB681,3,3
177.82 (3) (b) If the petitioner requests that the department prepare the
2management plan, the department shall comply with the request. The department
3may contract with private foresters to prepare these management plans.
AB681, s. 7 4Section 7. 77.82 (12) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB681,3,55 77.82 (12) (title) Renewal; extension.
AB681, s. 8 6Section 8. 77.82 (12) of the statutes is renumbered 77.82 (12) (a) and amended
7to read:
AB681,3,148 77.82 (12) (a) The department shall notify each owner of managed forest land
9of the expiration date of an order no later than the January 31 preceding the
10expiration date. The After receiving the notification, the owner may petition the
11department for renewal of the order. The petition shall be filed no later than the
12March 31 before the expiration date and shall specify whether the owner wants the
13order renewed for 25 or 50 years. Any order issued under this section may only be
14renewed for 25 or for 50 years.
AB681,3,20 15(c) The notice and hearing provisions under subs. (5) and (6) do not apply to a
16petition under this subsection. The department may deny the a petition under this
17subsection
only if the land fails to meet the eligibility requirements under sub. (1),
18if the owner has failed to comply with the management plan or if there are delinquent
19taxes on the land. If the petition is denied, the department shall state the reason for
20the denial in writing.
AB681, s. 9 21Section 9. 77.82 (12) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
AB681,4,222 77.82 (12) (b) In addition to petitioning for renewal under par. (a), an owner
23of land that is designated as managed forest land for a 15-year period may petition
24the department at any time to extend that designation to 25 or 50 years. The term

1of the extended designation shall run from the date that the original order
2designating the land for 15 years was issued.
AB681, s. 10 3Section 10. 77.84 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB681,4,54 77.84 (2) (a) Each owner of managed forest land shall pay to the municipal
5treasurer an annual acreage share of 74 cents per acre on or before January 31.
AB681, s. 11 6Section 11. 77.84 (2) (am) of the statutes is created to read:
AB681,4,97 77.84 (2) (am) In addition to the payment under par. (a), each owner of land
8designated as managed forest land for a 15-year period shall pay to the municipal
9treasurer an annual acreage share of $1.25 per acre.
AB681, s. 12 10Section 12. 77.84 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB681,4,1311 77.84 (2) (b) In addition to the payment under par. (a) and any payment
12required under par. (am)
, each owner of managed forest land shall annually pay $1
13for each acre that is designated as closed under s. 77.83.
AB681,4,15 14(bn) The payment payments required under pars. (a) to (b) shall be made to the
15municipal treasurer on or before January 31 of each year.
AB681, s. 13 16Section 13. 77.84 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB681,4,2317 77.84 (2) (c) In 1992 and each 5th year thereafter, the department of revenue
18shall adjust the amounts under pars. (a), (am) and (b) by multiplying the amount
19specified by a ratio using as the denominator the department of revenue's estimate
20of the average statewide tax per acre of property classes under s. 70.32 (2) (b) 4., 1993
21stats., s. 70.32 (2) (b) 5., 1993 stats., and s. 70.32 (2) (b) 6., 1993 stats., for 1986 and,
22as the numerator, the department of revenue's estimate of the average tax per acre
23for the same classes of property for the year in which the adjustment is made.
AB681, s. 14 24Section 14. 77.88 (5) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB681,5,5
177.88 (5) (a) 1. An amount equal to the product of the total net property tax rate
2in the municipality in the year prior to the withdrawal and the assessed value of the
3land for the same year, as computed by the department of revenue, multiplied by the
4number of years the land was designated as managed forest land, less any amounts
5paid by the owner under ss. 77.84 (2) (a) and (am) and 77.87.
AB681, s. 15 6Section 15. 77.88 (5) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB681,5,97 77.88 (5) (a) 2. Five percent of the stumpage value of the merchantable timber
8on the land, less any amounts paid by the owner under ss. 77.84 (2) (a) and (am) and
977.87.
AB681, s. 16 10Section 16. 77.88 (5) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB681,5,1511 77.88 (5) (b) 1. An amount equal to the product of the total net property tax rate
12in the municipality in the year prior to the withdrawal and the assessed value of the
13land for the same year, as computed by the department of revenue, multiplied by the
14number of years since the renewal, less any amounts paid by the owner under ss.
1577.84 (2) (a) and (am) and 77.87.
AB681, s. 17 16Section 17. 77.88 (5) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB681,5,1917 77.88 (5) (b) 2. Five percent of the stumpage value of the merchantable timber
18on the land, less any amounts paid by the owner under ss. 77.84 (2) (a) and (am) and
1977.87.
AB681, s. 18 20Section 18. 77.89 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB681,6,221 77.89 (2) Payment to counties. Each municipal treasurer shall pay 20% of each
22payment received under sub. (1) or s. 77.84 (2) (a) or (am) or 77.85 to the county
23treasurer and shall deposit the remainder in the municipal treasury. The payment
24to the county treasurer for money received before November 1 of any year shall be
25made on or before the November 15 after its receipt. For money received on or after

1November 1 of any year, the payment to the county treasurer shall be made on or
2before November 15 of the following year.
Note: This bill amends the managed forest land program to provide for a 15-year
term for first-time designations of land under the program, commencing on January 1,
2001. Under the managed forest land program, persons owning productive forest land
are provided tax incentives to manage their land in ways that promote sound forest
management. Under current law, property must be designated under the managed forest
land program for 25-year or 50-year periods. Land entered for 15 years may be converted
to 25-year or 50-year entries at any time.
Property designated under the program is exempt from property taxation but is
subject to an annual managed forest land tax of 74 cents per acre if the land is open to
the public for recreational purposes and $1.74 per acre if the land is not open to the public
for recreational purposes. Under the bill, an additional $1.25 per acre is added to the
annual managed forest land tax for lands designated for a 15-year term. The
nonstatutory provisions at the end of this bill provide that the statutory changes related
to the 15-year term take effect on January 1, 2001.
AB681, s. 19 3Section 19 . Appropriation changes.
AB681,6,94 (1) In the schedule under section 20.005 (3) of the statutes for the appropriation
5to the department of natural resources under section 20.370 (1) (mu) of the statutes,
6as affected by the acts of 1999, the dollar amount is increased by $300,000 for fiscal
7year 1999-00 and the dollar amount is increased by $300,000 for fiscal year 2000-01
8to contract with private foresters to prepare management plans for the designation
9of land under the managed forest land program.
Note: This appropriation, from the forestry account of the conservation fund,
allows the DNR to hire private forestry consultants, on a contract basis, to prepare the
necessary management plans for designation of land under the managed forest land
program.
AB681, s. 20 10Section 20. Effective dates. This act takes effect on January 1, 2001, except
as follows:
AB681,6,1211 (1) The treatment of section 77.82 (3) (b) of the statutes takes effect on the day
12after publication.
AB681,6,1313 (End)
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