SB688, s. 7 2Section 7. 66.0435 (1) (b) and (c) of the statutes are amended to read:
SB688,6,43 66.0435 (1) (b) "Licensee" means any person licensed to operate and maintain
4a manufactured and mobile home park community under this section.
SB688,6,65 (c) "Licensing authority" means the city, town or village wherein a
6manufactured and mobile home park community is located.
SB688, s. 8 7Section 8. 66.0435 (1) (cm) of the statutes is created to read:
SB688,6,88 66.0435 (1) (cm) "Manufactured home" has the meaning given in s. 101.91 (2).
SB688, s. 9 9Section 9. 66.0435 (1) (d) and (e) of the statutes are amended to read:
SB688,6,1410 66.0435 (1) (d) "Mobile home" is that which is, or was as originally constructed,
11designed to be transported by any motor vehicle upon a public highway and designed,
12equipped and used primarily for sleeping, eating and living quarters, or is intended
13to be so used; and includes any additions, attachments, annexes, foundations and
14appurtenances
has the meaning given in s. 101.91 (10).
SB688,6,1815 (e) "Mobile Manufactured and mobile home park community" means any plot
16or plots of ground upon which 2 3 or more units manufactured homes or mobile
17homes
, occupied for dwelling or sleeping purposes, are located, regardless of whether
18a charge is made for the accommodation.
SB688, s. 10 19Section 10. 66.0435 (1) (f) of the statutes is repealed.
SB688, s. 11 20Section 11. 66.0435 (1) (g) of the statutes is renumbered 66.0435 (1) (am) and
21amended to read:
SB688,6,2322 66.0435 (1) (am) "Park Community" means a manufactured and mobile home
23park community.
SB688, s. 12 24Section 12. 66.0435 (1) (i) and (j) of the statutes are amended to read:
SB688,7,3
166.0435 (1) (i) "Space" means a plot of ground within a manufactured and
2mobile home park community, designed for the accommodation of one manufactured
3or
mobile home unit.
SB688,7,44 (j) "Unit" means a single manufactured or mobile home unit.
SB688, s. 13 5Section 13. 66.0435 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB688,7,86 66.0435 (2) (a) It is unlawful for any person to maintain or operate a mobile
7home park
community within the limits of a city, town or village, unless the person
8has received a license from the city, town or village.
SB688, s. 14 9Section 14. 66.0435 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB688,7,1410 66.0435 (2) (b) In order to protect and promote the public health, morals and
11welfare and to equitably defray the cost of municipal and educational services
12required by persons and families using or occupying trailers, mobile homes, trailer
13camps or mobile home parks
communities for living, dwelling or sleeping purposes,
14a city council, village board and town board may do any of the following:
SB688,7,1715 1. Establish and enforce by ordinance reasonable standards and regulations
16for every trailer and trailer camp and every mobile home and mobile home park
17community.
SB688,7,2118 2. Require an annual license fee to operate a trailer and trailer camp or mobile
19home and mobile home park
community and levy and collect special assessments to
20defray the cost of municipal and educational services furnished to the trailer and
21trailer camp, or mobile home and mobile home park
a community.
SB688,7,2322 3. Limit the number of units, trailers or mobile homes that may be parked or
23kept
located in any one camp or park community.
SB688,8,324 4. Limit the number of licenses for trailer camps or parks communities in any
25common school district, if the mobile housing development of a community would

1cause the school costs to increase above the state average or if an exceedingly difficult
2or impossible situation exists with regard to providing adequate and proper sewage
3disposal in the particular area.
SB688, s. 15 4Section 15. 66.0435 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB688,8,95 66.0435 (2) (c) In a town in which the town board enacts an ordinance
6regulating trailers manufactured and mobile homes under this section and has also
7enacted and approved a county zoning ordinance under the provisions of s. 59.69, the
8provisions of the ordinance which is most restrictive apply with respect to the
9establishment and operation of a trailer camp community in the town.
SB688, s. 16 10Section 16. 66.0435 (2) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB688,8,2411 66.0435 (2) (d) A license granted under this section is subject to revocation or
12suspension for cause by the licensing authority that issued the license upon
13complaint filed with the clerk of the licensing authority, if the complaint is signed by
14a law enforcement officer, local health officer, as defined in s. 250.01 (5), or building
15inspector, after a public hearing upon the complaint. The holder of the license shall
16be given 10 days' written notice of the hearing, and is entitled to appear and be heard
17as to why the license should not be revoked. A holder of a license that is revoked or
18suspended by the licensing authority may within 20 days of the date of the revocation
19or suspension appeal the decision to the circuit court of the county in which the trailer
20camp or mobile home park
community is located by filing a written notice of appeal
21with the clerk of the licensing authority, together with a bond executed to the
22licensing authority, in the sum of $500 with 2 sureties or a bonding company
23approved by the clerk, conditioned for the faithful prosecution of the appeal and the
24payment of costs adjudged against the license holder.
SB688, s. 17 25Section 17. 66.0435 (3) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB688,9,2
166.0435 (3) (title) License and monthly mobile home monthly municipal permit
2fee
; review.
SB688, s. 18 3Section 18. 66.0435 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB688,9,104 66.0435 (3) (a) The licensing authority shall collect from the licensee an annual
5license fee of not less than $25 nor more than $100 for each 50 spaces or fraction of
650 spaces within each mobile home park community within its limits. If the park
7community lies in more than one municipality the amount of the license fee shall be
8determined by multiplying the gross fee by a fraction the numerator of which is the
9number of spaces in the park community in a municipality and the denominator of
10which is the entire number of spaces in the park community.
SB688, s. 19 11Section 19. 66.0435 (3) (c) 1. (intro.) of the statutes, as affected by 2005
12Wisconsin Act .... (Senate Bill 404), is amended to read:
SB688,9,1913 66.0435 (3) (c) 1. (intro.) In addition to the license fee provided in pars. (a) and
14(b), each licensing authority shall collect from each mobile home unit occupying space
15or lots in a park community in the licensing authority, except from recreational
16mobile homes as provided under par. (cm), from manufactured and mobile homes
17that constitute improvements to real property under s. 70.043 (1), and from
18recreational vehicles as defined in s. 340.01 (48r), and from
camping trailers as
19defined in s. 340.01 (6m), a monthly parking permit fee computed as follows:
SB688, s. 20 20Section 20. 66.0435 (3) (c) 1. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB688,9,2321 66.0435 (3) (c) 1. a. On January 1, the assessor shall determine the total fair
22market value of each mobile home unit in the taxation district subject to the monthly
23parking municipal permit fee.
SB688, s. 21 24Section 21. 66.0435 (3) (c) 1. c. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB688,10,4
166.0435 (3) (c) 1. c. The value of each mobile home unit, determined under subd.
21. b., shall be multiplied by the general property gross tax rate, less any credit rate
3for the property tax relief credit, established on the preceding year's assessment of
4general property.
SB688, s. 22 5Section 22. 66.0435 (3) (c) 1. d. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB688,10,86 66.0435 (3) (c) 1. d. The total annual parking permit fee, computed under subd.
71. c., shall be divided by 12 and shall represent the monthly mobile home parking
8municipal permit fee.
SB688, s. 23 9Section 23. 66.0435 (3) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB688,10,2210 66.0435 (3) (c) 2. The monthly parking municipal permit fee is applicable to
11mobile homes units moving into the tax district any time during the year. The park
12community operator shall furnish information to the tax district clerk and the
13assessor on mobile homes units added to the park community within 5 days after
14their arrival, on forms prescribed by the department of revenue. As soon as the
15assessor receives the notice of an addition of a mobile home unit to a park community,
16the assessor shall determine its fair market value and notify the clerk of that
17determination. The clerk shall equate the fair market value established by the
18assessor and shall apply the appropriate tax rate, divide the annual parking permit
19fee thus determined by 12 and notify the mobile home unit owner of the monthly fee
20to be collected from the mobile home unit owner. Liability for payment of the fee
21begins on the first day of the next succeeding month and continues for the months
22in which the mobile home unit remains in the tax district.
SB688, s. 24 23Section 24. 66.0435 (3) (c) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB688,11,3
166.0435 (3) (c) 3. A new monthly parking municipal permit fee and a new
2valuation shall be established each January and shall continue for that calendar
3year.
SB688, s. 25 4Section 25. 66.0435 (3) (c) 5. and 6. of the statutes are amended to read:
SB688,11,85 66.0435 (3) (c) 5. The monthly parking municipal permit fee shall be paid by
6the mobile home unit owner to the local taxing authority on or before the 10th of the
7month following the month for which the parking monthly municipal permit fee is
8due.
SB688,11,169 6. The licensee of a park community is liable for the monthly parking municipal
10permit fee for any mobile home unit occupying space in the park community as well
11as the owner and occupant of the mobile home occupying space each such unit, except
12that the licensee is not liable until the licensing authority has failed, in an action
13under ch. 799, to collect the fee from the owner and occupant of the unit
. A
14municipality, by ordinance, may require the mobile home park community operator
15to collect the monthly parking municipal permit fee from the mobile home unit
16owner.
SB688, s. 26 17Section 26. 66.0435 (3) (c) 7. of the statutes is repealed.
SB688, s. 27 18Section 27. 66.0435 (3) (c) 8. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB688,12,319 66.0435 (3) (c) 8. The credit under s. 79.10 (9) (bm), as it applies to the principal
20dwelling on a parcel of taxable property, applies to the estimated fair market value
21of a mobile home unit that is the principal dwelling of the owner. The owner of the
22mobile home unit shall file a claim for the credit with the treasurer of the
23municipality in which the property is located. To obtain the credit under s. 79.10 (9)
24(bm), the owner shall attest on the claim that the mobile home unit is the owner's
25principal dwelling. The treasurer shall reduce the owner's parking monthly

1municipal
permit fee by the amount of any allowable credit. The treasurer shall
2furnish notice of all claims for credits filed under this subdivision to the department
3of revenue as provided under s. 79.10 (1m).
SB688, s. 28 4Section 28. 66.0435 (3) (c) 9. of the statutes is created to read:
SB688,12,75 66.0435 (3) (c) 9. No monthly municipal permit fee may be imposed on a
6financial institution, as defined in s. 69.30 (1) (b), that relates to a vacant unit that
7has been repossessed by the financial institution.
SB688, s. 29 8Section 29. 66.0435 (3) (d) to (f) of the statutes are amended to read:
SB688,12,109 66.0435 (3) (d) This section does not apply to a mobile home park community
10that is owned and operated by any county under the provisions of s. 59.52 (16) (b).
SB688,12,1811 (e) If a mobile home unit is permitted by local ordinance to be located outside
12of a licensed park community, the monthly parking municipal permit fee shall be
13paid by the owner of the land on which it stands, and the owner of the land shall
14comply with the reporting requirements of par. (c). The owner of the land may collect
15the fee from the owner of the mobile home unit and, on or before January 10 and on
16or before July 10, shall transmit to the taxation district all fees owed for the 6 months
17ending on the last day of the month preceding the month when the transmission is
18required.
SB688,12,2019 (f) Nothing in this subsection prohibits the regulation by local ordinance of a
20mobile home park community.
SB688, s. 30 21Section 30. 66.0435 (3m) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB688,12,2522 66.0435 (3m) Park Community operator reimbursement. A park community
23operator who is required by municipal ordinance to collect the collects a monthly
24parking municipal permit fee from the mobile home a unit owner may deduct, for
25administrative expenses, 2% 2 percent of the monthly fees collected.
SB688, s. 31
1Section 31. 66.0435 (4) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB688,13,52 66.0435 (4) Application for license. (intro.) Original application for mobile
3home park
a community license shall be filed with the clerk of the licensing authority.
4Applications shall be in writing, signed by the applicant and shall contain the
5following:
SB688, s. 32 6Section 32. 66.0435 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB688,13,87 66.0435 (4) (b) The location and legal description of the mobile home park
8community.
SB688, s. 33 9Section 33. 66.0435 (4) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB688,13,1010 66.0435 (4) (c) The complete plan of the park community.
SB688, s. 34 11Section 34. 66.0435 (5) of the statutes is repealed.
SB688, s. 35 12Section 35. 66.0435 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB688,13,2213 66.0435 (8) Distribution of fees. The licensing authority may retain 10% 10
14percent
of the monthly parking municipal permit fees collected in each month,
15without reduction for any amounts deducted under sub. (3m), to cover the cost of
16administration. The licensing authority shall pay to the school district in which the
17park community is located, within 20 days after the end of each month, such
18proportion of the remainder of the fees collected in the preceding month as the ratio
19of the most recent property tax levy for school purposes bears to the total tax levy for
20all purposes in the licensing authority. If the park community is located in more than
21one school district, each district shall receive a share in the proportion that its
22property tax levy for school purposes bears to the total school tax levy.
SB688, s. 36 23Section 36. 66.0435 (9) of the statutes, as affected by 2005 Wisconsin Act ....
24(Senate Bill 404), is amended to read:
SB688,14,11
166.0435 (9) Municipalities; parking monthly municipal permit fees on mobile
2homes
and recreational vehicles. A licensing authority may assess parking
3monthly municipal permit fees at the rates under this section on recreational mobile
4homes and recreational vehicles, as defined in s. 340.01 (48r), except recreational
5mobile homes which and recreational vehicles that are located in campgrounds
6licensed under s. 254.47, recreational mobile homes that constitute improvements
7to real property under s. 70.043 (1),
and recreational mobile homes which or
8recreational vehicles that
are located on land where the principal residence of the
9owner of the recreational mobile home or recreational vehicle is located, regardless
10of whether the recreational mobile home or recreational vehicle is occupied during
11all or part of any calendar year.
SB688, s. 37 12Section 37. 66.0809 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB688,15,2413 66.0809 (3) Except as provided in subs. (4) and (5), on October 15 in each year
14notice shall be given to the owner or occupant of all lots or parcels of real estate to
15which utility service has been furnished prior to October 1 by a public utility operated
16by a town, city or village and payment for which is owing and in arrears at the time
17of giving the notice. The department in charge of the utility shall furnish the
18treasurer with a list of the lots or parcels of real estate for which utility service
19charges are in arrears, and the notice shall be given by the treasurer, unless the
20governing body of the city, village or town authorizes notice to be given directly by
21the department. The notice shall be in writing and shall state the amount of arrears,
22including any penalty assessed pursuant to the rules of the utility; that unless the
23amount is paid by November 1 a penalty of 10% 10 percent of the amount of arrears
24will be added; and that unless the arrears, with any added penalty, are paid by
25November 15, the arrears and penalty will be levied as a tax against the lot or parcel

1of real estate to which utility service was furnished and for which payment is
2delinquent. The notice may be served by delivery to either the owner or occupant
3personally, or by letter addressed to the owner or occupant at the post-office address
4of the lot or parcel of real estate. On November 16 the officer or department issuing
5the notice shall certify and file with the clerk a list of all lots or parcels of real estate,
6giving the legal description, for which notice of arrears was given and for which
7arrears remain unpaid, stating the amount of arrears and penalty. Each delinquent
8amount, including the penalty, becomes a lien upon the lot or parcel of real estate to
9which the utility service was furnished and payment for which is delinquent, and the
10clerk shall insert the delinquent amount and penalty as a tax against the lot or parcel
11of real estate. All proceedings in relation to the collection of general property taxes
12and to the return and sale of property for delinquent taxes apply to the tax if it is not
13paid within the time required by law for payment of taxes upon real estate. Under
14this subsection, if an arrearage is for utility service furnished and metered by the
15utility directly to a manufactured home or mobile home unit in a licensed
16manufactured and mobile home park community, the notice shall be given to the
17owner of the manufactured home or mobile home unit and the delinquent amount
18becomes a lien on the manufactured home or mobile home unit rather than a lien on
19the parcel of real estate on which the manufactured home or mobile home unit is
20located. A lien on a manufactured home or mobile home unit may be enforced using
21the procedures under s. 779.48 (2). This subsection does not apply to arrearages
22collected using the procedure under s. 66.0627. In this subsection, "metered" means
23the use of any method to ascertain the amount of service used or the use of a flat rate
24billing method.
SB688, s. 38 25Section 38. 66.1019 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB688,16,4
166.1019 (2) Manufactured building Modular home code. Ordinances enacted
2by any county, city, village or town relating to the on-site inspection of the
3installation of manufactured buildings modular homes shall conform to subch. III of
4ch. 101.
SB688, s. 39 5Section 39. 70.043 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB688,16,11 670.043 Mobile homes and manufactured homes. (1) A mobile home, as
7defined in s. 66.0435 (1) (d) 101.91 (10), or a manufactured home, as defined in s.
8101.91 (2)
, is an improvement to real property if it is connected to utilities and is set
9upon a foundation upon land which is owned by the mobile home or manufactured
10home
owner. In this section, a mobile home or manufactured home is "set upon a
11foundation" if it is off its wheels and is set upon some other support.
SB688,16,16 12(2) A mobile home, as defined in s. 66.0435 (1) (d) 101.91 (10), or a
13manufactured home, as defined in s. 101.91 (2)
, is personal property if the land upon
14which it is located is not owned by the mobile home or manufactured home owner or
15if the mobile home or manufactured home is not set upon a foundation or connected
16to utilities.
SB688, s. 40 17Section 40. 70.111 (19) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB688,16,1918 70.111 (19) (title) Camping trailers and, recreational mobile homes, and
19recreational vehicles
.
SB688, s. 41 20Section 41. 70.111 (19) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
SB688,16,2121 70.111 (19) (c) Recreational vehicles, as defined in s. 340.01 (48r).
SB688, s. 42 22Section 42. 70.112 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB688,16,2523 70.112 (7) Mobile homes and manufactured homes. Every mobile home unit,
24as defined in s. 66.0435 (1) (j), that is
subject to a monthly parking municipal permit
25fee under s. 66.0435 (3).
SB688, s. 43
1Section 43. 71.07 (6e) (a) 5. of the statutes, as affected by 2005 Wisconsin Act
272
, is amended to read:
SB688,17,193 71.07 (6e) (a) 5. "Property taxes" means real and personal property taxes,
4exclusive of special assessments, delinquent interest, and charges for service, paid
5by a claimant, and the claimant's spouse if filing a joint return, on the eligible
6veteran's or unremarried surviving spouse's principal dwelling in this state during
7the taxable year for which credit under this subsection is claimed, less any property
8taxes paid which are properly includable as a trade or business expense under
9section 162 of the Internal Revenue Code. If the principal dwelling on which the
10taxes were paid is owned by 2 or more persons or entities as joint tenants or tenants
11in common or is owned by spouses as marital property, "property taxes" is that part
12of property taxes paid that reflects the ownership percentage of the claimant, except
13that this limitation does not apply to spouses who file a joint return. If the principal
14dwelling is sold during the taxable year, the "property taxes" for the seller and buyer
15shall be the amount of the tax prorated to each in the closing agreement pertaining
16to the sale or, if not so provided for in the closing agreement, the tax shall be prorated
17between the seller and buyer in proportion to months of their respective ownership.
18"Property taxes" includes monthly parking municipal permit fees in respect to a
19principal dwelling collected under s. 66.0435 (3) (c).
SB688, s. 44 20Section 44. 71.07 (9) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB688,18,1021 71.07 (9) (a) 3. "Property taxes" means real and personal property taxes,
22exclusive of special assessments, delinquent interest and charges for service, paid by
23a claimant on the claimant's principal dwelling during the taxable year for which
24credit under this subsection is claimed, less any property taxes paid which are
25properly includable as a trade or business expense under section 162 of the internal

1revenue code
Internal Revenue Code. If the principal dwelling on which the taxes
2were paid is owned by 2 or more persons or entities as joint tenants or tenants in
3common or is owned by spouses as marital property, "property taxes" is that part of
4property taxes paid that reflects the ownership percentage of the claimant. If the
5principal dwelling is sold during the taxable year the "property taxes" for the seller
6and buyer shall be the amount of the tax prorated to each in the closing agreement
7pertaining to the sale or, if not so provided for in the closing agreement, the tax shall
8be prorated between the seller and buyer in proportion to months of their respective
9ownership. "Property taxes" includes monthly parking municipal permit fees in
10respect to a principal dwelling collected under s. 66.0435 (3) (c).
SB688, s. 45 11Section 45. 71.07 (9) (a) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB688,18,2312 71.07 (9) (a) 4. "Rent constituting property taxes" means 25% 25 percent of rent
13if heat is not included, or 20% 20 percent of rent if heat is included, paid during the
14taxable year for which credit is claimed under this subsection, at arm's length, for
15the use of a principal dwelling and contiguous land, excluding any payment for
16domestic, food, medical or other services which are unrelated to use of the dwelling
17as housing, less any rent paid that is properly includable as a trade or business
18expense under the internal revenue code. "Rent" includes space rental paid to a
19landlord for parking a mobile home or manufactured home. Rent shall be
20apportioned among the occupants of a principal dwelling according to their
21respective contribution to the total amount of rent paid. "Rent" does not include rent
22paid for the use of housing which was exempt from property taxation, except housing
23for which payments in lieu of taxes were made under s. 66.1201 (22).
SB688, s. 46 24Section 46. 71.52 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB688,19,23
171.52 (2) "Gross rent" means rental paid at arm's length, solely for the right
2of occupancy of a homestead. "Gross rent" does not include, whether expressly set
3out in the rental agreement or not, charges for any medical services; other personal
4services such as laundry, transportation, counseling, grooming, recreational and
5therapeutic services; shared living expenses, including but not limited to food,
6supplies and utilities unless utility payments are included in the gross rent paid to
7the landlord; and food furnished by the landlord as a part of the rental agreement.
8"Gross rent" includes the rental paid to a landlord for parking of a mobile home or
9manufactured home
, exclusive of any charges for food furnished by the landlord as
10a part of the rental agreement, plus parking monthly municipal permit fees paid
11under s. 66.0435 (3) (c) for a rented mobile home or manufactured home. If a
12homestead is an integral part of a multipurpose or multidwelling building, "gross
13rent" is the percentage of the gross rent on that part of the multipurpose or
14multidwelling building occupied by the household as a principal residence plus the
15same percentage of the gross rent on the land surrounding it, not exceeding one acre,
16that is reasonably necessary for use of the multipurpose or multidwelling building
17as a principal residence, except as the limitations under s. 71.54 (2) (b) apply. If the
18homestead is part of a farm, "gross rent" is the rent on up to 120 acres of the land
19contiguous to the claimant's principal residence plus the rent on all improvements
20to real property on that land, except as the limitations under s. 71.54 (2) (b) apply.
21If a claimant and persons who are not members of the claimant's household reside
22in a homestead, the claimant's "gross rent" is the gross rent paid by the claimant to
23the landlord for the homestead.
SB688, s. 47 24Section 47. 71.52 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
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