AB621: Bill Text

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2007 - 2008 LEGISLATURE

2007 Assembly BILL 621

December 11, 2007 - Introduced by Representative Meyer. Referred to Committee on Ways and Means.

AB621,1,3 An Act to create 66.1105 (5) (bp) of the statutes; relating to: the filing of certain forms related to tax incremental financing district number 6 in the city of Rhinelander.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau

Under the current tax incremental financing program, a city or village may create a tax incremental district (TID) in part of its territory to foster development if at least 50 percent of the area to be included in the TID is blighted, in need of rehabilitation or conservation, suitable for industrial sites, or suitable for mixed-use development. Before a city or village may create a TID, several steps and plans are required. These steps and plans include public hearings on the proposed TID within specified time frames, preparation and adoption by the local planning commission of a proposed project plan for the TID, approval of the proposed project plan by the common council or village board, and adoption of a resolution by the common council or village board that creates the TID as of a date provided in the resolution.

Once these steps are accomplished, the city clerk is required to complete certain forms and an application and submit the documents to the Department of Revenue (DOR) on or before December 31 of the year in which the TID is created. Upon receipt of the application, DOR is required to certify the full aggregate value of the taxable property in the city, which constitutes the tax incremental base of the TID.

This bill specifies that, if the city of Rhinelander clerk submits to DOR on or before December 31, 2007, the required forms and an application for a TID that was amended, or attempted to have been amended, on January 1, 2006, based on actions taken by the common council in April 2006, even though the forms and application were originally due on December 31, 2006, DOR must proceed as if the forms had been timely filed not later than December 31, 2006, except that DOR may not certify a value increment before 2008.

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:

AB621, s. 1 Section 1. 66.1105 (5) (bp) of the statutes is created to read:

AB621,2,12 66.1105 (5) (bp) Notwithstanding the time limits in par. (b), if the city clerk of a city that amended, or attempted to amend, a tax incremental district on January 1, 2006, based on actions taken by the common council in April 2006, files with the department of revenue, not later than December 31, 2007, the forms and application that were originally due on or before December 31, 2006, the tax incremental base of the district shall be redetermined by the department of revenue as if the forms and application had been filed on or before December 31, 2006, and, until the tax incremental district terminates, the department of revenue shall allocate tax increments and treat the district in all other respects as if the forms and application had been filed on or before December 31, 2006, except that the department of revenue may not certify a value increment under par. (b) before 2008.

AB621,2,13 (End)