AB244: Bill Text

AB244, s. 142 Section 142. 79.03 (3) (b) 4. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB244,43,8 79.03 (3) (b) 4. (intro.) "Local purpose revenues" means the sum of payments under s. 79.095, local general purpose taxes, regulation revenues, revenues for services to private parties by a county's or municipality's general operations or enterprises, revenue for sanitation services to private parties, special assessment revenues, tax base equalization aids and, for municipalities only, a proxy for private sewer service costs, a proxy for private solid waste and recycling service costs and a proxy for retail charges for fire protection purposes. In this subdivision:

AB244, s. 143 Section 143. 79.095 of the statutes is repealed.

AB244, s. 144 Section 144. 79.10 (1) (dm) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB244,43,14 79.10 (1) (dm) "Principal dwelling" means any dwelling that is used by the owner of the dwelling as a primary residence on January 1 of the year preceding the allocation of a credit under sub. (9) (bm) and includes improvements that are classified, under ch. 70, as taxable real property or personal property.

AB244, s. 145 Section 145. 121.004 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB244,43,20 121.004 (6) Net cost. The "net cost" of a fund means the gross cost of that fund minus all nonduplicative revenues and other financing sources of that fund except property taxes, and general aid, and aid received under s. 79.095 (4). In this subsection, "nonduplicative revenues" includes federal financial assistance under 20 USC 236 to 245, to the extent permitted under federal law and regulations.

AB244, s. 146 Section 146. 121.06 (4) of the statutes is repealed.

AB244, s. 147 Section 147. 121.15 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB244,43,24 121.15 (4) (a) In this subsection, "state aid" has the meaning given in s. 121.90 (2) except that it excludes aid paid to school districts under s. 79.095 (4).

AB244, s. 148 Section 148. 121.90 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB244,44,5 121.90 (2) (intro.) "State aid" means aid under ss. 121.08, 121.09 and 121.105 and subch. VI, as calculated for the current school year on October 15 under s. 121.15 (4) and, including adjustments made under s. 121.15 (4), and amounts under s. 79.095 (4) for the current school year, except that "state aid" excludes all of the following:

AB244, s. 149 Section 149. 174.06 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB244,44,11 174.06 (5) Records. The listing official shall enter in the records for personal property assessments, or in a separate record, all dogs in the district subject to tax, to whom they are assessed, the name, number, sex, spayed or unspayed, neutered or unneutered, breed and color of each dog. The listing official shall make in triplicate a list of the owners of all dogs assessed.

AB244, s. 150 Section 150. 174.065 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB244,44,15 174.065 (3) Collection of delinquent dog license taxes. Delinquent dog license taxes may be collected in the same manner as provided for small claims in s. 74.55 and ch. 799 for the collecting of personal property taxes.

AB244, s. 151 Section 151. 174.08 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB244,44,24 174.08 (1) Except as provided in sub. (2), every collecting official shall pay all dog license taxes to the town, village or city treasurer or other tax collecting officer who shall deduct any additional tax that may have been levied by the municipal governing body and pay the remainder to the county treasurer at the time settlement is made with the county treasurer for collections of personal property taxes, and shall at the same time report in writing to the county clerk the licenses issued. The report shall be in the form prescribed by the department, and the forms shall be furnished by the county clerks.

AB244, s. 152 Section 152. 198.10 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB244,45,6 198.10 (1) Taxable property, taxes. All real property situated in and all personal property the situs of which for purposes of general property taxation is in the district shall be subject to taxation in and by the district for a direct annual tax sufficient to pay the interest on any indebtedness of the district, and to pay and discharge the principal of the indebtedness within 20 years from the time of contracting the indebtedness.

AB244, s. 153 Section 153. 200.13 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB244,45,17 200.13 (2) Tax levy. The commission may levy a tax upon the taxable property in the district as equalized by the department of revenue for state purposes for the purpose of carrying out and performing duties under this subchapter but the amount of any such tax in excess of that required for maintenance and operation and for principal and interest on bonds or promissory notes shall not exceed, in any one year, one mill for each dollar of the district's equalized valuation, as determined under s. 70.57. The tax levy may be spread upon the respective real estate and personal property tax rolls of the city, village and town areas included in the district taxes, and shall not be included within any limitation on county or municipality taxes. Such moneys when collected shall be paid to the treasurer of such district.

AB244, s. 154 Section 154. 815.18 (3) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB244,45,21 815.18 (3) Exempt property. (intro.) The debtor's interest in or right to receive the following property is exempt, except as specifically provided in this section and ss. 70.20 (2), 71.91 (5m) and (6), 74.55 (2) and 102.28 (5):

AB244, s. 155 Section 155. 978.05 (6) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB244,46,10 978.05 (6) (a) Institute, commence or appear in all civil actions or special proceedings under and perform the duties set forth for the district attorney under ch. 980 and ss. 17.14, 30.03 (2), 48.09 (5), 59.55 (1), 59.64 (1), 70.36, 103.50 (8), 103.92 (4), 109.09, 343.305 (9) (a), 453.08, 806.05, 938.09, 938.18, 938.355 (6) (b) and (6g) (a), 946.86, 946.87, 961.55 (5), 971.14 and 973.075 to 973.077, perform any duties in connection with court proceedings in a court assigned to exercise jurisdiction under chs. 48 and 938 as the judge may request and perform all appropriate duties and appear if the district attorney is designated in specific statutes, including matters within chs. 782, 976 and 979 and ss. 51.81 to 51.85. Nothing in this paragraph limits the authority of the county board to designate, under s. 48.09 (5), that the corporation counsel provide representation as specified in s. 48.09 (5) or to designate, under s. 48.09 (6) or 938.09 (6), the district attorney as an appropriate person to represent the interests of the public under s. 48.14 or 938.14.

AB244, s. 156 Section 156. Initial applicability.

AB244,46,12 (1) This act first applies to the property tax assessments as of January 1, 2009.

AB244, s. 157 Section 157. Effective date.

AB244,46,14 (1) This act takes effect on take effect on January 1, 2009.

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