SB360: Bill Text

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2009 - 2010 LEGISLATURE

2009 Senate BILL 360

October 20, 2009 - Introduced by Senators A. Lasee and Holperin, cosponsored by Representatives Mursau, Montgomery, Zepnick, Meyer, Gunderson, Vruwink, Brooks, Bies and Townsend. Referred to Committee on Transportation, Tourism, Forestry, and Natural Resources.

SB360,1,2 An Act relating to: sale of a parcel of land located in Marinette County to the Wied Trust.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill requires that the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) sell to the Wied Trust of 1996 for $1 a parcel of land owned by the state upon which the Wied family had placed a house and other structures. The bill exempts the sale from the requirement that a sale of state-owned land under the jurisdiction of DNR may not occur unless the Natural Resources Board determines that the land is no longer necessary for conservation purposes and that the governor approve the sale.

For further information see the state 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:

SB360, s. 1 Section 1. Nonstatutory provisions.

SB360,2,4 (1) The department of natural resources shall sell to the Wied Trust of 1996 for the amount of $1 a disputed parcel of land owned by the state that is subject to a judgment and order in an action of ejectment filed on August 19, 2009, in Case No. 07-CV-48 in the Circuit Court in Marinette County and for which real property taxes have been paid by the Wied Trust of 1996 or by a member of the family of Justin J. and Irene Wied. The department of natural resources shall execute all of the documents necessary to transfer title to the Wied Trust of 1996.

SB360,2,9 (2) Notwithstanding section 23.15 (1) of the statutes, the natural resources board is not required to make a finding that the parcel of land to be sold under subsection (1) is no longer necessary for the state's use for conservation purposes, and the procedure under section 23.15 (2) of the statutes does not apply to the sale of the parcel.

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