AB1167: Bill Text

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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE

2005 Assembly BILL 1167

April 3, 2006 - Introduced by Representative Parisi. Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.

AB1167,1,3 An Act to create 66.0145 of the statutes; relating to: authorizing a property owner to have his or her name removed from a governmental Internet listing of property taxes assessed.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau

Under this bill, a taxation district (district) that imposes property taxes is required to remove the name of a property owner, upon the owner's request, from an Internet listing of property taxes assessed by the district. The bill also requires the taxation district to allow the property owner to remove his or her name from the Internet listing. Such an Internet listing may contain the property taxes assessed by the district for each parcel number or street address within the jurisdiction.

The bill also specifically authorizes a district to maintain records in its offices that contain the property taxes assessed by the district for each parcel number or street address within the jurisdiction, and these office records may also contain the name of the property owner.

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:

AB1167, s. 1 Section 1. 66.0145 of the statutes is created to read:

AB1167,2,8 66.0145 Listing of property tax assessments. (1) If a taxation district maintains an Internet listing of property taxes assessed within the jurisdiction and if that listing contains the name of the property owner against whom the assessment is made, the taxation district shall remove the property owner's name from the Internet listing upon the property owner's request. The taxation district shall also allow the property owner to remove his or her name directly from the Internet listing. The Internet listing may contain the amount of property taxes assessed for each parcel number or street address within the jurisdiction.

AB1167,2,11 (2) A taxation district may maintain records in the taxation district's offices that contain a list of property taxes assessed by the taxation district for each parcel number or street address, and such a listing may include the property owner's name.

AB1167, s. 2 Section 2. Effective date.

AB1167,2,14 (1) This act takes effect on the first day of the third month beginning after publication.

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