AB510: Bill Text

11. Authorizes DOR to impose a fee of $1,000 on a city or village to determine or redetermine the tax incremental base of a TID. The money generated by the fees goes to DOR to pay for staff and administrative service costs related to the TIF program. The bill also creates a new position in DOR to perform auditing related to TIDs.

This bill also modifies the environmental remediation tax incremental financing program. Under current law, the environmental remediation tax incremental financing program permits a city, village, town, or county (political subdivision) to defray the costs of remediating contaminated property that is owned by the political subdivision. The mechanism for financing costs that are eligible for remediation is very similar to the mechanism under the TIF program. If the remediated property is transferred to another person and is then subject to property taxation, environmental remediation tax incremental financing may be used to allocate some of the property taxes that are levied on the property to the political subdivision to pay for the costs of remediation.

A political subdivision that has incurred "eligible costs" to remediate environmental pollution on a parcel of property may apply to DOR to certify the "environmental remediation tax incremental base" of the parcel. DOR is required to certify the environmental remediation tax incremental base if the political subdivision submits to DOR all of the following: 1) a statement that the political subdivision has incurred some eligible costs, together with a detailed proposed remedial action plan approved by DNR that contains cost estimates for anticipated eligible costs, a schedule for the design and implementation that is needed to complete the remediation, and certification from DNR that the department has approved the site investigation report that relates to the parcel; 2) a statement that all taxing jurisdictions with authority to levy general property taxes on the parcel of property have been notified that the political subdivision intends to recover its environmental remediation, costs by using an "environmental remediation tax increment"; and 3) a statement that the political subdivision has attempted to recover its environmental remediation costs from the person who is responsible for the environmental pollution that is being remediated.

This bill makes technical changes to the environmental remediation tax incremental financing program. These changes include creating a definition of "project expenditures" and a definition of "environmental remediation tax incremental district" (ERTID) that is somewhat similar to the definition of "tax incremental district" under the TIF program; making changes to the definitions of "environmental remediation tax increment," "environmental remediation tax incremental base," and "taxable property"; creating procedures for the termination of an ERTID that are similar to the termination procedures for a tax incremental district under the TIF program; requiring that the final report under the program include an independent certified financial audit; requiring that DOR be provided with a final accounting of the ERTID's project expenditures and the final amount of eligible costs that have been paid for an ERTID; and modifying certain provisions of the program to apply to contiguous parcels of property or land, as well as a parcel of property or land. Also under the bill, if a city or village annexes property from a town that is using an ERTID to remediate environmental pollution on all or part of the territory that is annexed, the city or village must pay to the town that portion of the eligible costs that are attributable to the annexed territory. The city or village, and the town, must negotiate an agreement on the amount that must be paid.

This bill takes effect October 1, 2002.

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:

AB510, s. 1 Section 1. 20.566 (1) (go) of the statutes is created to read:

AB510,5,5 20.566 (1) (go) Administration of tax incremental financing program. All moneys received from the fees imposed under s. 66.1105 (5) (a) to pay the costs of the department of revenue in providing staff and administrative services associated with tax incremental districts under s. 66.1105.

AB510, s. 2 Section 2. 66.1105 (2) (f) 1. i. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB510,6,2 66.1105 (2) (f) 1. i. Payments made, in the discretion of the local legislative body, which are found to be necessary or convenient to the creation of tax incremental districts or the implementation of project plans, including payments made to a town that relate to property taxes levied on territory to be included in a tax incremental district as described in sub. (4) (gm) 1.

AB510, s. 3 Section 3. 66.1105 (2) (f) 2. d. of the statutes is created to read:

AB510,6,6 66.1105 (2) (f) 2. d. Cash grants made by the city to owners, lessees, or developers of land that is located within the tax incremental district unless the grant recipient has signed a development agreement with the city.

AB510, s. 4 Section 4. 66.1105 (2) (f) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB510,6,13 66.1105 (2) (f) 3. Notwithstanding subd. 1., project costs may not include any expenditures made or estimated to be made or monetary obligations incurred or estimated to be incurred by the city for newly platted residential development for any tax incremental district for which a project plan is approved after September 30, 1995, or for which an amendment of a project plan is approved after the effective date of this subdivision .... [revisor inserts date].

AB510, s. 5 Section 5. 66.1105 (3) (g) of the statutes is created to read:

AB510,6,20 66.1105 (3) (g) Create a standing joint review board that may remain in existence for the entire time that any tax incremental district exists in the city. All of the provisions that apply to a joint review board that is convened under sub. (4m) (a) apply to a standing joint review board that is created under this paragraph. A city may disband a joint review board that is created under this paragraph at any time.

AB510, s. 6 Section 6. 66.1105 (4) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB510,7,8 66.1105 (4) (e) At least 30 14 days before adopting a resolution under par. (gm), holding of a public hearing by the planning commission at which interested parties are afforded a reasonable opportunity to express their views on the proposed project plan. The hearing may be held in conjunction with the hearing provided for in par. (a). Notice of the hearing shall be published as a class 2 notice, under ch. 985. The notice shall include a statement advising that a copy of the proposed project plan will be provided on request. Before publication, a copy of the notice shall be sent by 1st class mail to the chief executive officer or administrator of all local governmental entities having the power to levy taxes on property within the district and to the school board of any school district which includes property located within the proposed district. For a county with no chief executive officer or administrator, notice shall be sent to the county board chairperson.

AB510, s. 7 Section 7. 66.1105 (4) (gm) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB510,8,10 66.1105 (4) (gm) 1. Describes the boundaries, which may, but need not, be the same as those recommended by the planning commission, of a tax incremental district with sufficient definiteness to identify with ordinary and reasonable certainty the territory included in the district. The boundaries of the tax incremental district may not include any territory that was not within the boundaries of the city on January 1, 2002, unless at least 3 years have elapsed since the territory was annexed by the city, unless the city enters into a cooperative plan boundary agreement, under s. 66.0307, with the town from which the territory was annexed, or unless the city and town enter into another kind of agreement relating to the annexation except that, notwithstanding these conditions, the city may include territory that was not within the boundaries of the city on January 2, 2002, if the city agrees to pay the town an amount equal to the property taxes levied on the territory by the town at the time of the annexation and makes such a payment for each of the next 5 successive years. The boundaries shall include only those whole units of property as are assessed for general property tax purposes. Property standing vacant for an entire 7-year period immediately preceding adoption of the resolution creating a tax incremental district may not comprise more than 25% of the area in the tax incremental district, unless the tax incremental district is suitable for industrial sites under subd. 4. a. and the local legislative body implements an approved project plan to promote industrial development within the meaning of s. 66.1101. In this subdivision, "vacant property" includes property where the fair market value or replacement cost value of structural improvements on the parcel is less than the fair market value of the land. In this subdivision, "vacant property" does not include property acquired by the local legislative body under ch. 32 or property included within the abandoned Park East freeway corridor or the abandoned Park West freeway corridor in Milwaukee County.

AB510, s. 8 Section 8. 66.1105 (4) (gm) 4. c. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB510,8,19 66.1105 (4) (gm) 4. c. Either the equalized value of taxable property of the district plus all existing districts does not exceed 7% of the total equalized value of taxable property within the city or the equalized value of taxable property of the district plus the value increment of all existing districts within the city does not exceed 5% of the total equalized value of taxable property within the city. The calculations required under this subd. 4. c. shall be based on the most recent equalized value of taxable property of the district that is reported under s. 70.57 (1m) before the date on which a resolution is adopted under this paragraph.

AB510, s. 9 Section 9. 66.1105 (4) (gm) 6. of the statutes is created to read:

AB510,9,2 66.1105 (4) (gm) 6. Declares that the district is a blighted area district, a rehabilitation or conservation district, or an industrial district, based on the identification and classification of the property included within the district under par. (c) and subd. 4. a. If the district is not exclusively blighted, rehabilitation or conservation, or industrial, the declaration under this subdivision shall be based on which classification is predominant with regard to the area described in subd. 4. a.

AB510, s. 10 Section 10. 66.1105 (4) (h) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB510,9,19 66.1105 (4) (h) 1. Subject to subds. 2., 3. and 4., the planning commission may, by resolution, adopt an amendment to a project plan. The amendment is subject to approval by the local legislative body and approval requires the same findings as provided in par. pars. (g) and (gm) 4. c. Any amendment to a project plan is also subject to review by a joint review board, acting under sub. (4m). Adoption of an amendment to a project plan shall be preceded by a public hearing held by the plan commission at which interested parties shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to express their views on the amendment. Notice of the hearing shall be published as a class 2 notice, under ch. 985. The notice shall include a statement of the purpose and cost of the amendment and shall advise that a copy of the amendment will be provided on request. Before publication, a copy of the notice shall be sent by 1st class mail to the chief executive officer or administrator of all local governmental entities having the power to levy taxes on property within the district and to the school board of any school district which includes property located within the proposed district. For a county with no chief executive officer or administrator, this notice shall be sent to the county board chairperson.

AB510, s. 11 Section 11. 66.1105 (4) (h) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB510,9,25 66.1105 (4) (h) 2. Except as provided in subds. 3. and 4., not more than once during the 7 years after the tax incremental district is created, the planning commission may adopt an amendment to a project plan under subd. 1. to modify the district's boundaries by subtracting territory from the district in a way that does not remove contiguity from the district or by adding territory to the district that is contiguous to the district and that is served by public works or improvements that were created as part of the district's project plan. Expenditures for project costs that are incurred because of an amendment to a project plan to which this subdivision applies may be made for not more than 3 years after the date on which the local legislative body adopts a resolution amending the project plan or not more than the number of years in which expenditures may be made without an amendment to a project plan as specified in sub. (6) (am), whichever period is longer.

AB510, s. 12 Section 12. 66.1105 (4m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB510,11,6 66.1105 (4m) (a) Any city that seeks to create a tax incremental district or amend a project plan shall convene a temporary joint review board under this paragraph, or a standing joint review board under sub. (3) (g), to review the proposal. The Except as provided in par. (am), the board shall consist of one representative chosen by the school district that has power to levy taxes on the property within the tax incremental district, one representative chosen by the technical college district that has power to levy taxes on the property within the tax incremental district, one representative chosen by the county that has power to levy taxes on the property within the tax incremental district, one representative chosen by the city and one public member. If more than one school district, more than one union high school district, more than one elementary school district, more than one technical college district or more than one county has the power to levy taxes on the property within the tax incremental district, the unit in which is located property of the tax incremental district that has the greatest value shall choose that representative to the board. The public member and the board's chairperson shall be selected by a majority of the other board members before the public hearing under sub. (4) (a) or (h) 1. is held. All board members shall be appointed and the first board meeting held within 14 days after the notice is published under sub. (4) (a) or (h) 1. Additional meetings of the board shall be held upon the call of any member. The city that seeks to create the tax incremental district or to amend its project plan shall provide administrative support for the board. By majority vote, the board may disband following approval or rejection of the proposal, unless the board is a standing board that is created by the city under sub. (3) (g).

AB510, s. 13 Section 13. 66.1105 (4m) (am) of the statutes is created to read:

AB510,11,15 66.1105 (4m) (am) If a city seeks to create a tax incremental district that is located in a union high school district, the seat that is described under par. (a) for the school board representative to the board shall be held by 2 representatives, each of whom has one-half of a vote. One representative shall be chosen by the union high school district that has the power to levy taxes on the property within the tax incremental district and one representative shall be chosen by the elementary school district that has the power to levy taxes on the property within the tax incremental district.

AB510, s. 14 Section 14. 66.1105 (4m) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB510,11,24 66.1105 (4m) (b) 2. Except as provided in subd. 2m. and subject to subd. 4., no tax incremental district may be created and no project plan may be amended unless the board approves the resolution adopted under sub. (4) (gm) or (h) 1. by a majority vote not less than 10 days nor more than 30 14 days after receiving the resolution. The board may not approve the resolution under this subdivision unless the board's approval contains a positive assertion that, in its judgment, the development described in the documents the board has reviewed under subd. 1. would not occur without the creation of a tax incremental district.

AB510, s. 15 Section 15. 66.1105 (4m) (b) 2m. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB510,12,7 66.1105 (4m) (b) 2m. The requirement under subd. 2. that a vote by the board take place not less than 10 days nor more than 30 14 days after receiving a resolution does not apply to a resolution amending a project plan under sub. (4) (h) 1. if the resolution relates to a tax incremental district, the application for the redetermination of the tax incremental base of which was made in 1998, that is located in a village that was incorporated in 1912, has a population of at least 3,800 and is located in a county with a population of at least 108,000.

AB510, s. 16 Section 16. 66.1105 (4m) (b) 4. of the statutes is created to read:

AB510,12,23 66.1105 (4m) (b) 4. Not later than 5 working days after submitting its decision under subd. 3., a majority of the members of the board may request that the department of revenue review the objective facts contained in any of the documents listed in subd. 1. to determine whether the information submitted to the board complies with this section or whether any of the information contains a factual inaccuracy. The request must be in writing and must specify which particular objective fact or item the members believe is incomplete or inaccurate. Not later than 10 working days after receiving a request that complies with the requirements of this subdivision, the department of revenue shall investigate the issues raised in the request and shall send its written response to the board. If the department of revenue determines that the information in the proposal does not comply with this section or contains a factual inaccuracy, the department shall return the proposal to the city. The board shall request that the city resolve the problems in its proposal and resubmit the proposal to the board. The board shall review the resubmitted proposal and vote to approve or deny the proposal as specified in this paragraph.

AB510, s. 17 Section 17. 66.1105 (4m) (b) 5. of the statutes is created to read:

AB510,13,4 66.1105 (4m) (b) 5. The board shall notify prospectively the governing body of every local governmental unit that is not represented on the board, and that has power to levy taxes on the property within the tax incremental district, of meetings of the board and of the agendas of each meeting for which notification is given.

AB510, s. 18 Section 18. 66.1105 (5) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB510,13,11 66.1105 (5) (a) Upon Subject to sub. (8) (d), upon the creation of a tax incremental district or upon adoption of any amendment subject to par. (c), its tax incremental base shall be determined as soon as reasonably possible. The department of revenue may impose a fee of $1,000 on a city to determine or redetermine the tax incremental base of a tax incremental district under this subsection.

AB510, s. 19 Section 19. 66.1105 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB510,14,2 66.1105 (5) (b) Upon application in writing by the city clerk, in a form prescribed by the department of revenue, the department shall determine according to its best judgment from all sources available to it the full aggregate value of the taxable property and, except as provided in par. (bm), of the city-owned property in the tax incremental district. The application shall state the percentage of territory within the tax incremental district which the local legislative body estimates will be devoted to retail business at the end of the maximum expenditure period specified in sub. (6) (am) 1. c. if that estimate is at least 35%. Subject to sub. (8) (d), the department shall certify this aggregate valuation to the city clerk, and the aggregate valuation constitutes the tax incremental base of the tax incremental district. The city clerk shall complete these forms, including forms for the amendment of a project plan, and submit the application or amendment forms on or before December 31 of the year the tax incremental district is created, as defined in sub. (4) (gm) 2. or, in the case of an amendment, on or before December 31 of the year in which the changes to the project plan take effect.

AB510, s. 20 Section 20. 66.1105 (5) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB510,14,21 66.1105 (5) (c) If the city adopts an amendment to the original project plan for any district which reduces project costs by subtracting territory from the district or which includes additional project costs at least part of which will be incurred after the period specified in sub. (6) (am) 1., the tax incremental base for the district shall be redetermined, if sub. (4) (h) 2., 3., or 4. applies to the amended project plan, either by subtracting from the tax incremental base the value of the taxable property that is subtracted from the existing district or by adding to the tax incremental base the value of the taxable property and the value of real property owned by the city, other than property described in par. (bm), that is added to the existing district under sub. (4) (h) 2., 3., or 4. or, if sub. (4) (h) 2., 3., or 4. does not apply to the amended project plan, under par. (b), as of the January 1 next preceding the effective date of the amendment if the amendment becomes effective between January 2 and September 30, as of the next subsequent January 1 if the amendment becomes effective between October 1 and December 31 and if the effective date of the amendment is January 1 of any year, the redetermination shall be made on that date. The With regard to a district to which territory has been added, the tax incremental base as redetermined under this paragraph is effective for the purposes of this section only if it exceeds the original tax incremental base determined under par. (b).

AB510, s. 21 Section 21. 66.1105 (5) (ce) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB510,15,11 66.1105 (5) (ce) If the city adopts an amendment, to which sub. (4) (h) 2., 3., or 4. applies, the tax incremental base for the district shall be redetermined, either by subtracting from the tax incremental base the value of the taxable property that is subtracted from the existing district or by adding to the tax incremental base the value of the taxable property and the value of real property owned by the city, other than property described in par. (bm), that is added to the existing district under sub. (4) (h) 2., 3., or 4., as of the January 1 next preceding the effective date of the amendment if the amendment becomes effective between January 2 and September 30, as of the next subsequent January 1 if the amendment becomes effective between October 1 and December 31 and if the effective date of the amendment is January 1 of any year, the redetermination shall be made on that date. The With regard to a district to which territory has been added, the tax incremental base as redetermined under this paragraph is effective for the purposes of this section only if it exceeds the original tax incremental base determined under par. (b).

AB510, s. 22 Section 22. 66.1105 (5) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB510,15,23 66.1105 (5) (d) The department of revenue may not certify the tax incremental base as provided in par. (b) until it determines that each of the procedures and documents required by sub. (4) (a), (b), (gm) or (h) and par. (b) has been timely completed and all notices required under sub. (4) (a), (b), (gm) or (h) timely given. The facts supporting any document adopted or action taken to comply with sub. (4) (a), (b), (gm) or (h) are not subject to review by the department of revenue under this paragraph, except that notwithstanding the general prohibition against the department's review of the facts supporting any document adopted or action taken to comply with sub. (4) (gm), the department may not certify the tax incremental base as provided in par. (b) until it reviews and approves of the findings that are described in sub. (4) (gm) 4. c.

AB510, s. 23 Section 23. 66.1105 (6) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 66.1105 (6) (a) (intro.) and amended to read:

AB510,16,15 66.1105 (6) (a) (intro.) If the joint review board approves the creation of the tax incremental district under sub. (4m), positive tax increments with respect to a tax incremental district are allocated to the city which created the district for each year commencing after the date when a project plan is adopted under sub. (4) (g). The department of revenue may not authorize allocation of tax increments until it determines from timely evidence submitted by the city that each of the procedures and documents required under sub. (4) (d) to (f) has been completed and all related notices given in a timely manner. The department of revenue may authorize allocation of tax increments for any tax incremental district only if the city clerk and assessor annually submit to the department all required information on or before the 2nd Monday in June. The facts supporting any document adopted or action taken to comply with sub. (4) (d) to (f) are not subject to review by the department of revenue under this paragraph. After the allocation of tax increments is authorized, the department of revenue shall annually authorize allocation of the tax increment to the city that created the district until the soonest of the following events:

AB510,16,17 1. The department of revenue receives a notice under sub. (8) and the notice has taken effect under sub. (8) (b), 27.

AB510,16,19 2. Twenty-seven years after the tax incremental district is created if the district is created before October 1, 1995, 38.

AB510,16,22 3. Thirty-eight years after the tax incremental district is created if the district is created before October 1, 1995, and the project plan is amended under sub. (4) (h) 3. or 23

AB510,16,24 4. Twenty-three years after the tax incremental district is created if the district is created after September 30, 1995, whichever is sooner.

AB510, s. 24 Section 24. 66.1105 (6) (a) 5. of the statutes is created to read:

AB510,17,4 66.1105 (6) (a) 5. Twenty years after the tax incremental district is created if the district is created on or after the effective date of this subdivision .... [revisor inserts date], and if the district is at least predominantly suitable for industrial sites under sub. (4) (gm) 6.

AB510, s. 25 Section 25. 66.1105 (6) (am) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 66.1105 (6) (am) 1. a. and amended to read:

AB510,17,10 66.1105 (6) (am) 1. a. For a tax incremental district that is created after September 30, 1995, and before the effective date of this subd. 1. a. .... [revisor inserts date], no expenditure may be made later than 7 years after the tax incremental district is created, and for.

AB510,17,15 b. For a tax incremental district that is created before October 1, 1995, no expenditure may be made later than 10 years after the tax incremental district is created, except that, for a tax incremental district that is created before October 1, 1995, and which receives tax increments under par. (d), no expenditure may be made later than 12 years after the tax incremental district is created.

AB510, s. 26 Section 26. 66.1105 (6) (am) 1. c. of the statutes is created to read:

AB510,17,19 66.1105 (6) (am) 1. c. For a tax incremental district that is created on or after the effective date of this subd. 1. c. .... [revisor inserts date], all expenditures shall be completed no later than 10 years after the tax incremental district is created.

AB510, s. 27 Section 27. 66.1105 (6) (e) 1. d. of the statutes is created to read:

AB510,17,23 66.1105 (6) (e) 1. d. The donor tax incremental district has in its special fund, as described under par. (c), sufficient revenues to pay for all project costs that have been incurred, or are expected to be incurred, under the project plan for that district.

AB510, s. 28 Section 28. 66.1105 (6) (e) 2. of the statutes is repealed.

AB510, s. 29 Section 29. 66.1105 (7) (ae) of the statutes is created to read:

AB510,18,4 66.1105 (7) (ae) Notwithstanding par. (am), 10 years after the last expenditure identified in the project plan is made if the district to which the plan relates is created on or after the effective date of this paragraph .... [revisor inserts date], and if the district is suitable for industrial sites under sub. (4) (gm) 4. a.

AB510, s. 30 Section 30. 66.1105 (7) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB510,18,12 66.1105 (7) (am) Sixteen Thirteen years after the last expenditure identified in the project plan is made if the district to which the plan relates is created after September 30, 1995, or 20 years after the last expenditure identified in the project plan is made if the district to which the plan relates is created before October 1, 1995, except that in no case may the total number of years during which expenditures are made under sub. (6) (am) 1. plus the total number of years during which tax increments are allocated under this paragraph exceed 27 years.

AB510, s. 31 Section 31. 66.1105 (8) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB510,18,14 66.1105 (8) (title) Notice of district termination, reporting requirements.

AB510, s. 32 Section 32. 66.1105 (8) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

AB510,18,19 66.1105 (8) (c) Not later than 60 days after a city transmits to the department of revenue the notice required under par. (a) the city shall send to the department, on a form prescribed by the department, all of the following information that relates to the terminated tax incremental district:

AB510,18,20 1. A final accounting of all expenditures made by the city.

AB510,18,21 2. The total amount of project costs incurred by the city.

AB510,18,22 3. The total amount of positive tax increments received by a city.

AB510, s. 33 Section 33. 66.1105 (8) (d) of the statutes is created to read:

AB510,19,2 66.1105 (8) (d) If a city does not send to the department of revenue the form specified in par. (c) within the time limit specified in par. (c), the department may not certify the tax incremental base of a tax incremental district under sub. (5) (a) and (b) until the form is sent to the department.

AB510, s. 34 Section 34. 66.1105 (15) of the statutes is created to read:

AB510,19,16 66.1105 (15) Substantial compliance. Substantial compliance with subs. (3), (4) (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), and (f), and (4m) by a city or village that creates, or attempts to create, a tax incremental district is sufficient to give effect to any proceedings conducted under this section if, in the opinion of the department of revenue, any error, irregularity, or informality that exists in the city's or village's attempts to comply with subs. (3), (4) (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), and (f), and (4m) does not affect substantial justice. If the department of revenue determines that a city or village has substantially complied with subs. (3), (4) (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), and (f), and (4m), the department of revenue shall determine the tax incremental base of the district, allocate tax increments, and treat the district in all other respects as if the requirements under subs. (3), (4) (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), and (f), and (4m) had been strictly complied with based on the date that the resolution described under sub. (4) (gm) 2. is adopted.

AB510, s. 35 Section 35. 66.1106 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB510,20,2 66.1106 (1) (e) "Environmental remediation tax increment" means that amount obtained by multiplying the total city, county, school and other local general property taxes levied on a parcel of real property that is certified under this section taxable property in a year by a fraction having as a numerator the environmental remediation value increment for that year for that parcel in such district and as a denominator that year's equalized value of that parcel taxable property. In any year, an environmental remediation tax increment is "positive" if the environmental remediation value increment is positive; it is "negative" if the environmental remediation value increment is negative.

AB510, s. 36 Section 36. 66.1106 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB510,20,10 66.1106 (1) (f) "Environmental remediation tax incremental base" means the aggregate value, as equalized by the department, of a parcel of real taxable property that is certified under this section as of the January 1 preceding the date on which the department of natural resources issues a certificate certifying that environmental pollution on the property has been remediated in accordance with rules promulgated by the department of natural resources environmental remediation tax incremental district is created, as determined under sub. (1m) (b).

AB510, s. 37 Section 37. 66.1106 (1) (fm) of the statutes is created to read:

AB510,20,22 66.1106 (1) (fm) "Environmental remediation tax incremental district" means a contiguous geographic area within a political subdivision defined and created by resolution of the governing body of the political subdivision consisting solely of whole units of property as are assessed for general property tax purposes, other than railroad rights-of-way, rivers, or highways. Railroad rights-of-way, rivers, or highways may be included in an environmental remediation tax incremental district only if they are continuously bounded on either side, or on both sides, by whole units of property as are assessed for general property tax purposes which are in the environmental remediation tax incremental district. "Environmental remediation tax incremental district" does not include any area identified as a wetland on a map under s. 23.32.