AB580,17,1312 77.87 (1g) (d) A An order petitioned for for which an application is filed under
13s. 77.82 (4g) (b).
AB580, s. 65 14Section 65. 77.87 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB580,17,2115 77.87 (2) Supplemental yield tax. At any time within one year after a report
16is filed under s. 77.86 (4), the department, after notifying the owner and providing
17the owner with the opportunity for a hearing, may determine whether the report is
18accurate. If the department determines that the quantity of merchantable timber
19cut exceeded the amount on which the tax was assessed under sub. (1), the
20department shall assess a supplemental yield tax on the additional amount as
21provided under sub. (1).
AB580, s. 66 22Section 66. 77.87 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB580,18,223 77.87 (3) Payment. A tax assessed under sub. (1) or (2) is due and payable to
24the department on the last day of the next month following the date the certificate
25is mailed to the owner. The department shall collect interest at the rate of 12% per

1year on any tax that is paid later than the due date. Amounts received shall be
2credited to the conservation fund.
AB580, s. 67 3Section 67. 77.88 (1) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB580,18,44 77.88 (1) (b) 3. Intentional cutting Cutting by the owner in violation of s. 77.86.
AB580, s. 68 5Section 68. 77.88 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB580,18,136 77.88 (2) (b) If the land remaining after a transfer under par. (a) is contiguous
7and meets the eligibility requirements under s. 77.82 (1) (a) 2. and (b), it shall
8continue to be designated as managed forest land until the expiration of the existing
9order, even if the parcel contains less than 10 acres. Notwithstanding s. 77.82 (12),
10an owner may not petition file an application with the department for renewal of the
11order if the parcel contains less than 10 acres. No withdrawal tax under sub. (5) or
12withdrawal fee under sub. (5m) may be assessed when the remaining land is
13withdrawn at the expiration of the order.
AB580, s. 69 14Section 69. 77.88 (2) (d) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB580,18,2215 77.88 (2) (d) 1. Within 10 30 days after a transfer of ownership, the former
16owner
transferee shall, on a form provided by the department, file with the
17department a report of the transfer signed by the former owner and the transferee.
18The report shall be accompanied by a $100 fee which transferee shall pay a $100 fee
19that will accompany the report. The fee
shall be deposited in the conservation fund.
20Twenty dollars of the fee or a different amount of the fee as may be established under
21subd. 2. shall be credited to the appropriation under s. 20.370 (1) (cr). The
22department shall immediately notify each person entitled to notice under s. 77.82 (8).
AB580, s. 70 23Section 70. 77.88 (2) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB580,19,624 77.88 (2) (e) The transferred land shall remain managed forest land if the
25transferee, within 30 days after the transfer, certifies to the department an intent

1to comply with the existing management plan for the land and with any amendments
2agreed to by the department and the transferee to the plan, and provides proof that
3each person holding any encumbrance on the land agrees to the designation. The
4transferee may designate an area of the transferred land closed to public access as
5provided under s. 77.83. The department shall issue an order continuing the
6designation of the land as managed forest land under the new ownership.
AB580, s. 71 7Section 71. 77.88 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB580,19,118 77.88 (4) Nonrenewal. If an owner does not petition file with the department
9an application to renew a managed forest land order, the department shall order the
10land withdrawn at the expiration of the order. No withdrawal tax under sub. (5) or
11withdrawal fee under sub. (5m) may be assessed.
AB580, s. 72 12Section 72. 77.88 (5) (ab) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB580,19,1413 77.88 (5) (ab) 1. "Expanded order" means an order approved under s. 77.82 (8)
14that is petitioned for for which an application is filed under s. 77.82 (4g) (b).
AB580, s. 73 15Section 73. 77.88 (5) (am) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB580,19,1916 77.88 (5) (am) (intro.) For land that is withdrawn within 10 years after the date
17on which an initial managed forest land order was issued under s. 77.82 (8) for a
18petition
an application approved under s. 77.82 (7) (d), the withdrawal tax shall be
19the higher of the following:
AB580, s. 74 20Section 74. 77.88 (5g) of the statutes is created to read:
AB580,19,2521 77.88 (5g) Estimates of withdrawal tax. (a) Upon the request of an owner of
22managed forest land, the department of revenue, with the assistance of the
23department, shall prepare an estimate of the amount of withdrawal tax that would
24be assessed under sub. (5) if the department were to issue an order to withdraw the
25land under this section.
AB580,20,3
1(b) A request from an owner under this subsection shall be accompanied by a
2nonrefundable fee payable to the department of revenue of either $100 or the
3alternative nonrefundable fee calculated under par. (c), whichever is greater.
AB580,20,54 (c) The alternative nonrefundable fee shall be calculated by multiplying the
5total number of whole and partial acres by $5.
AB580, s. 75 6Section 75. 77.88 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB580,20,147 77.88 (6) Determination of stumpage value. In determining the stumpage
8value of merchantable timber for purposes of this section, an estimator agreed upon
9by the parties or, if they cannot agree, a forester appointed by a judge of the circuit
10court in the county in which the land is located shall estimate the volume of
11merchantable timber on the land. The estimate obtained shall be final. The
12department shall determine the current stumpage value of the merchantable timber,
13based on the rule promulgated applicable stumpage value established under s. 77.91
14(1). The owner shall pay the entire cost of obtaining the estimate.
AB580, s. 76 15Section 76. 77.90 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB580,20,18 1677.90 Right to hearing. A petitioner An applicant under s. 77.82 or an owner
17of managed forest land who is adversely affected by a decision of the department
18under this subchapter is entitled to a contested case hearing under ch. 227.
AB580, s. 77 19Section 77. 77.91 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB580,21,220 77.91 (1) Rule making; stumpage value Stumpage values. Each year the
21department shall promulgate a rule establishing a establish reasonable stumpage
22value values for the merchantable timber grown in the municipalities in which
23managed forest land is located. If the department finds that stumpage values vary
24in different parts of the state, it may establish different zones and specify the
25stumpage value for each zone. The rule stumpage value shall take effect on

1November 1 of each year. Notwithstanding s. 227.11, the department may not
2promulgate or have in effect rules that established stumpage values.
AB580, s. 78 3Section 78. 170.12 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB580,21,74 170.12 (5) Reservation of value. The state reserves to itself 30% of the
5stumpage value, as established by the department of natural resources by rule
6promulgated
under s. 77.91 (1), of any log raised pursuant to a permit issued under
7this section.
AB580, s. 79 8Section 79. 709.03 (form) D. 1m. of the statutes is created to read:
AB580,21,9 9709.03 (form) - See PDF for table PDF
AB580, s. 80 10Section 80. 710.12 of the statutes is created to read:
AB580,21,17 11710.12 Disclosure regarding managed forest land. An owner of real
12property located in this state who is not required to furnish to a prospective buyer
13a real estate condition report under s. 709.03 shall, not later than 10 days after
14acceptance of a contract of sale or option contract, in writing disclose to a prospective
15buyer of the real property whether the property, or any portion of the property, after
16transfer to the buyer, is subject to an order designating it as managed forest land
17under subch. VI of ch. 77.
AB580, s. 81 18Section 81 . Initial applicability.
AB580,22,319 (1) Managed forest land applications and management plans. The treatment
20of sections 20.370 (1) (cx) and 77.82 (2) (dm) and (e) (by Section 12), (2m) (ac), (am),
21(c), (d), and (dm) 1., and (3) (am), (c) (intro.), and (g) of the statutes, the repeal of
22section 77.82 (2) (i) and (2m) (a) 2. of the statutes, the renumbering of section 77.82

1(2m) (a) 1. of the statutes, and the renumbering and amendment of section 77.82 (2m)
2(e) and (3) (a) of the statutes first apply to applications filed on the effective date of
3this subsection.
AB580,22,64 (2) Investigations on applications. The treatment of section 77.82 (7) (c) 1., 2.,
5and 3. of the statutes first applies to applications filed on the effective date of this
6subsection.
AB580,22,97 (3) Cutting reports. The treatment of sections 77.86 (5) (a) and (b), 77.87 (1)
8and (2) and 77.88 (1) (b) 3. of the statutes first applies to cutting of merchantable
9timber for which a cutting report is required on the effective date of this subsection.
AB580,22,1210 (4) Transfers of managed forest land ownership. The treatment of section
1177.88 (2) (d) 1. of the statutes first applies to transfers of ownership that occur on the
12effective date of this subsection.
AB580,22,1513 (5) Estimates of withdrawal tax. The treatment of section 77.88 (5g) of the
14statutes first applies to notifications of investigations for withdrawing managed
15forest land that are issued on the effective date of this subsection.
AB580,22,1916 (6) Real estate disclosure. The treatment of sections 709.03 (form) D. 1m. and
17710.12 of the statutes first applies to written disclosures and real estate condition
18reports that are furnished after a contract of sale or option contract acceptance that
19occurs on the effective date of this subsection.
AB580, s. 82 20Section 82. Effective dates. This act takes effect on the day of publication,
21except as follows:
AB580,23,322 (1) Managed forest land applications and management plans. The treatment
23of sections 20.370 (1) (cx) and 77.82 (2) (dm) and (e) (by Section 12), (2m) (ac), (am),
24(c), (d), and (dm) 1., and (3) (am), (c) (intro.), and (g) of the statutes, the repeal of
25section 77.82 (2) (i) and (2m) (a) 2. of the statutes, the renumbering of section 77.82

1(2m) (a) 1. of the statutes, and the renumbering and amendment of section 77.82 (2m)
2(e) and (3) (a) of the statutes and Section 81 (1 ) of this act take effect on the 2nd June
31 after publication.
AB580,23,64 (2) Estimates of withdrawal tax. The treatment of section 77.88 (5g) of the
5statutes and Section 81 (5) of this act take effect on the first day of the 4th month
6beginning after publication.
AB580,23,97 (3) The treatment of section 709.03 (form) D. 1m. and 710.12 of the statutes and
8Section 81 (6) take effect on the first day of the 7th month beginning after
9publication.
AB580,23,1010 (End)
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