Given under our hands at (name of local governmental unit), this .... day of ...., .... (year)
.... ....
(Mayor, President, Chairperson)
Countersigned:
.... ....
Clerk, (name of local governmental unit)
Assignment record
Assigned by .... .... (Original Contractor) to .... .... (Name of Assignee) of .... (Address of Assignee) .... .... (Date and signature of clerk)
66.0713(2)(b)
(b) A contractor's certificate is not a liability of a local governmental unit and shall so state in boldface type printed on the face of the certificate. Upon issuance of a certificate, the clerk of the local governmental unit shall immediately deliver to the treasurer of the local governmental unit a schedule of each certificate showing the date, amount, number, date of maturity, person to whom issued and parcel of land against which the assessment is made. The treasurer shall notify, by mail, the owner of the parcel, as the owner appears on the last assessment roll, that payment is due on the certificate at the office of the treasurer, and if the owner pays the amount due, the clerk shall pay that amount to the registered holder of the certificate, and shall indorse the payment on the face of the certificate and on the clerk's record of the certificate. The clerk shall keep a record of the names of the persons, firms or corporations to whom contractor's certificates are issued and of the assignees of certificates when the assignment is known to the clerk. Assignments of contractor's certificates are invalid unless recorded in the office of the clerk of the local governmental unit and the fact of recording is indorsed on the certificate. Upon final payment of the certificate, the certificate shall be delivered to the treasurer of the local governmental unit and by the treasurer delivered to the clerk. On the first of each month, to and including December 1, the treasurer shall certify to the clerk a detailed statement of all payments made on certificates.
66.0713(2)(c)
(c) If a contractor's certificate is not paid before December 1 in the year in which issued, the comptroller or clerk of the local governmental unit shall include in the statement of special assessments to be placed in the next tax roll an amount sufficient to pay the certificate, with interest from the date of the certificate to the following January 1, and the proceedings for the collection of that amount shall be the same as the proceedings for the collection of general property taxes, except as otherwise provided in this section. The delinquent taxes shall be returned to the county treasurer in trust for collection and not for credit. All moneys collected by the treasurer of the local governmental unit or by the county treasurer and remitted to the treasurer of the local governmental unit on account of the special assessments shall be delivered to the owner of the contractor's certificate on demand.
66.0713(3)
(3) General obligation-local improvement bonds. For the purpose of anticipating the collection of special assessments payable in instalments as provided in
s. 66.0621 (3) and after the instalments have been determined, the governing body may issue general obligation-local improvement bonds under
s. 67.16.
66.0713(4)(a)(a) For the purpose of anticipating the collection of special assessments payable in instalments, as provided in
s. 66.0715 (3) and after the instalments have been determined, the governing body may issue special assessment B bonds payable out of the proceeds of the special assessments as provided in this section. The bonds are not a general liability of the local governmental unit.
66.0713(4)(b)
(b) The issue of special assessment B bonds shall be in an amount not exceeding the aggregate unpaid special assessments levied for the public improvement that the issue is to finance. A separate bond shall be issued for each separate assessment and the bond shall be secured by and be payable out of only the assessment against which it is issued. The bonds shall mature in the same number of instalments as the underlying special assessments. The bonds shall carry coupons equal in number to the number of special assessments. The coupons shall be detachable and entitle the owner of the bond to the payment of principal and interest collected on the underlying special assessments. The bond shall be executed as provided in
s. 67.08 (1) and may be registered under
s. 67.09. Each bond shall include a statement that it is payable only out of the special assessment on the particular property against which it is issued and the purpose for which the assessment was levied and other provisions that the governing body inserts.
66.0713(4)(ba)
(ba) Payments of principal and interest shall conform as nearly as possible to the payments to be made on the instalments of the assessment, and the principal and interest to be paid on the bonds shall not exceed the principal and interest to be received on the assessment. All collections of instalments of the special assessments levied to pay for the public improvement, either before or after delinquency, shall be placed by the treasurer of the local governmental unit in a special debt service fund designated and identified for the bond issue and shall be used only for the payment of the bonds and interest of the issue. Any surplus in the debt service fund after all bonds and interest are fully paid shall be paid into the general fund.
66.0713(4)(c)
(c) Special assessment B bonds shall be registered in the name of the owner on the records of the clerk of the local governmental unit that issued the bonds. Upon transfer of the ownership of the bonds the transfer shall be noted upon the bond and on the record of the clerk of the local governmental unit. Any transfer not so recorded is void and the clerk of the local governmental unit may make payments of principal and interest to the owner of the bond as registered on the books of the local governmental unit.
66.0713(4)(d)
(d) Principal and interest collected on the underlying special assessments and interest collected on the delinquent special assessments and on delinquent tax certificates issued for the delinquent assessments shall be paid by the treasurer of the local governmental unit out of the debt service fund created for the issue of the bonds to the registered holder of the bonds upon the presentation and surrender of the coupons due attached to the bonds. If any instalment of the special assessment entered in the tax roll is not paid to the treasurer of the local governmental unit with the other taxes, it shall be returned to the county treasurer as delinquent in trust for collection.
66.0713(4)(e)
(e) If the tax certificate resulting from the delinquent special assessment is redeemed by any person other than the county, the county treasurer shall pay to the local governmental unit the full amount received for the tax certificate, including interest, and the treasurer of the local governmental unit shall then pay the amount of the remittance into a special debt service fund created for the payment of the special assessment B bonds.
66.0713(5)
(5) Area-grouped special assessment B bonds. 66.0713(5)(a)(a) If the governing body determines to issue special assessment B bonds under
sub. (4), it may group the special assessments levied against benefited lands and issue of the bonds against the special assessments grouped as a whole. All of the bonds shall be equally secured by the assessments without priority one over the other.
66.0713(5)(b)
(b) All of the following apply to area-grouped special assessment B bonds issued under this section:
66.0713(5)(b)1.
1. For the purpose of anticipating the collection of special assessments payable in instalments under this section and after the instalments have been determined, the governing body may issue area-grouped special assessment B bonds payable out of the proceeds of the special assessments as provided under
sub. (4). The bonds are not a general liability of the local governmental unit.
66.0713(5)(b)2.
2. The issue of the bonds shall be in an amount not exceeding the aggregate unpaid special assessments levied for the public improvement or projects which the issue is to finance. The bonds shall mature over substantially the same period of time in which the special assessment instalments are to be paid. The bonds shall be bearer bonds or may be registered bonds under
s. 67.09. The bonds shall be executed as provided in
s. 67.08 (1) and shall include a statement that they are payable only from the special debt service fund provided for in
subd. 4. and a fund created under
sub. (7) for the collection and payment of the special assessment and any other provisions that the governing body deems proper to insert.
66.0713(5)(b)4.
4. All collections of principal and interest on the underlying special assessments and instalments, either before or after delinquency and after issuance of a tax certificate under
s. 74.57, shall be placed by the treasurer of the local governmental unit in a special debt service fund created, designated and identified for the issue of the bonds and used only for payment of the bonds and interest on the bonds to the holders of the bonds or coupons in accordance with the terms of the issue. Any surplus in the debt service fund, after all bonds and interest on the bonds are fully paid, shall be paid into the general fund.
66.0713(5)(b)5.
5. If the tax certificate is redeemed by any person other than the county, the county treasurer shall pay to the local governmental unit the full amount received for the certificate, including interest, and the treasurer of the local governmental unit shall pay the amount of the remittance into the special debt service fund created for the payment of the bonds.
66.0713(5)(b)7.
7. A holder of the bonds or of any coupons attached to the bonds has a lien against the special debt service fund created under
subd. 4. for payment of the bonds and interest on the bonds and against any reserve fund created under
sub. (7) and may either at law or in equity protect and enforce the lien and compel performance of all duties required by this section of the local governmental unit issuing the bonds.
66.0713(6)
(6) Refunding B bonds. A local governmental unit may issue refunding B bonds to refund any outstanding special assessment B bonds issued under
sub. (4) or
(5). The refunding B bonds shall be secured by and payable only from the special assessments levied to pay for the public improvements financed by the bonds to be refunded, and are not a general liability of the local governmental unit. If bonds issued under
sub. (4) are to be refunded, the provisions of
sub. (4) (b) to
(e) apply to the refunding B bonds; if bonds issued under
sub. (5) are to be refunded, the provisions of
sub. (5) (b) apply to the refunding B bonds. If the governing body determines that it is necessary to amend the prior assessments in connection with the issuance of refunding B bonds under this section, it may reconsider and reopen the assessments under
s. 66.0703 (10). The notice and hearing under
s. 66.0703 (10) may be waived under
s. 66.0703 (7) (b) by the owners of the property affected. If the assessments are amended, the refunding B bonds shall be secured by and payable from the special assessments as amended. If the assessments are amended, all direct and indirect costs reasonably attributable to the refunding of the bonds may be included in the cost of the public improvements being financed. If the governing body determines to issue refunding B bonds, it may create a reserve fund for the issue under
sub. (7).
66.0713(7)
(7) Reserve fund for special assessment B bonds and refunding B bonds. If the governing body determines to issue special assessment B bonds under
sub. (4) or refunding B bonds under
sub. (6), it may establish in its treasury a fund to be designated as a reserve fund for the particular bond issue, to be maintained until the obligation is paid or otherwise extinguished. Any surplus in the reserve fund after all the bonds have been paid or canceled shall be carried into the general fund of the local governmental unit's treasury. The source of the fund shall be established either from proceeds of the bonds, the general fund of the local governmental unit's treasury or by the levy of an irrepealable and irrevocable general tax. The bonds are not a general liability of the local governmental unit.
66.0713(8)
(8) Payment of B bonds from tax levy. Any local governmental unit authorized to issue special assessment B bonds, in addition to the special assessments or bond proceeds or other sources, may appropriate funds out of its annual tax levy for the payment of the bonds. The payment of the bonds out of funds from a tax levy may not be construed as constituting an obligation of the local governmental unit to make any other such appropriation.
66.0713(9)
(9) Payment by local governmental unit. If a public improvement has been paid for by the local governmental unit, contractor's certificates under
sub. (2), general obligation-local improvement bonds under
s. 67.16, or special assessment B bonds under
sub. (4) may be issued to the local governmental unit as the owner of the certificates or bonds. All of the provisions of
subs. (2) and
(4) and
s. 67.16 applicable to the contractor or to the owner of the contractor's certificates, the general obligation-local improvement bonds or the special assessment B bonds shall be deemed to include the local governmental unit which has paid for the improvement and to which the contractor's certificates, general obligation-local improvement bonds or special assessment B bonds have been issued, except as otherwise provided in this section.
66.0713(10)
(10) Legality of proceedings; conclusive evidence. After the expiration of 90 days from the date of a contractor's certificate or special assessment B bond, the certificate or bond is conclusive evidence of the legality of all proceedings up to and including the issue of the certificate or bond and prima facie evidence of the proper construction of the improvement.
66.0713 History
History: 1973 c. 172;
1977 c. 29 s.
1646 (3);
1977 c. 391;
1979 c. 110 s.
60 (13);
1981 c. 390 s.
252;
1983 a. 24;
1983 a. 189 ss.
66,
329 (14);
1983 a. 192;
1983 a. 207 ss.
32,
33,
93 (8);
1987 a. 197,
378,
403;
1991 a. 237,
316;
1993 a. 184;
1997 a. 250;
1999 a. 150 ss.
203,
502,
503,
509 to
513,
516,
517,
519,
522,
523; Stats. 1999 s. 66.0713.
66.0715
66.0715
Deferral of special assessments; payment of special assessments in instalments. 66.0715(2)(a)(a) Notwithstanding any other statute, the due date of any special assessment levied against property abutting on or benefited by a public improvement may be deferred on the terms and in the manner prescribed by the governing body while no use of the improvement is made in connection with the property. A deferred special assessment may be paid in instalments within the time prescribed by the governing body. A deferred special assessment is a lien against the property from the date of the levy.
66.0715(2)(b)
(b) If a tax certificate is issued under
s. 74.57 for property which is subject to a special assessment that is deferred under this subsection, the governing body may provide that the amounts of any deferred special assessments are due on the date that the tax certificate is issued and are payable as are other delinquent special assessments from any moneys received under
s. 75.05 or
75.36.
66.0715(2)(c)
(c) The lien of any unpaid amounts of special assessments deferred under this subsection with respect to which a governing body has not taken action under
par. (b) is not merged in the title to property taken by the county under
ch. 75.
66.0715(3)(a)(a) The governing body of a local governmental unit may provide that special assessments levied to defray the cost of a public improvement or a project constituting part of a general public improvement, except sprinkling or oiling streets, may be paid in annual instalments.
66.0715(3)(b)
(b) The first instalment shall include a proportionate part of the principal of the special assessment, determined by the number of instalments, together with interest on the whole assessment from a date, not before the date of the notice under
par. (e), and to that date, not later than December 31, in the year in which the instalment is to be collected as determined by the governing body. Each subsequent instalment shall include the same proportion of the principal and one year's interest on the unpaid portion of the assessment.
66.0715(3)(c)
(c) The first instalment shall be entered in the first tax roll prepared after the instalments have been determined as a special tax on the property upon which the special assessment was levied and shall be treated as any other tax of a local governmental unit, except as otherwise provided in this section. Each subsequent instalment shall be entered in each of the subsequent annual tax rolls until all instalments are levied.
66.0715(3)(d)
(d) If any instalment entered in the tax roll is not paid to the treasurer of the local governmental unit with the other taxes it shall be returned to the county as delinquent and accepted and collected by the county in the same manner as delinquent general taxes on real estate, except as otherwise provided in this section.
66.0715(3)(e)
(e) If the governing body determines to permit special assessments for a local improvement to be paid in instalments it shall publish a class 1 notice, under
ch. 985. The notice shall be substantially in the following form:
INSTALMENT ASSESSMENT NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that a contract has been (or is about to be) let for (describe the improvement) and that the amount of the special assessment for the improvement has been determined as to each parcel of real estate affected and a statement of the assessment is on file with the.... clerk; it is proposed to collect the special assessment in.... instalments, as provided for by section 66.0715 of the Wisconsin Statutes, with interest at.... percent per year; that all assessments will be collected in instalments as provided above except assessments on property where the owner files with the.... clerk within 30 days from date of this notice a written notice that the owner elects to pay the special assessment on the owner's property, describing the property, to the.... treasurer on or before the following November 1, unless the election is revoked. If, after making the election, the property owner fails to make the payment to the.... treasurer, the.... clerk shall place the entire assessment on the following tax roll.
Dated....
.... [Clerk of (name of local governmental unit)]
66.0715(3)(f)
(f) After the time for making an initial election to pay the special assessment in full under
par. (e) expires, the assessment may be paid in full before due upon payment of that portion of the interest to become due as the governing body determines.
66.0715(3)(fm)1.1. Between the time that a property owner elects to pay the special assessment in full under
par. (e) and 30 days before the time that payment is due, the property owner may revoke his or her initial election and, subject to
subds. 2. and
3., shall pay the special assessment in instalments if the governing body that levied the special assessment adopts a resolution consenting to the revocation.
66.0715(3)(fm)2.
2. If the first instalment has been paid by property owners under
par. (c) before the date on which payment in full would have been due for a property owner who initially elected to pay the special assessment in one lump sum, the next property tax bill sent to a person who revoked his or her initial election to make a lump sum payment shall include all of the following amounts:
66.0715(3)(fm)2.a.
a. An amount equal to what the first instalment would have been under
par. (b) if the property owner's initial election had been to pay the special assessment in instalments.
66.0715(3)(fm)2.b.
b. Interest on that amount at the rate used by the local governmental unit for instalment payments under
par. (b), covering the period between the date that the initial election was made under
par. (e) and the date on which the instalment is paid.
66.0715(3)(fm)3.
3. If the first instalment has not been paid by property owners under
par. (c) before the date on which payment in full would have been due for a property owner who initially elected to pay the special assessment in one lump sum, the next property tax bill sent to a person who revoked his or her initial election to make a lump sum payment shall be an amount calculated under
par. (b) plus interest on that amount at the rate used by the local governmental unit for instalment payments under
par. (b), covering the period between the date that the initial election was made under
par. (e) and the date on which the instalment is paid.
66.0715(3)(g)
(g) A schedule of the assessments and assessment instalments shall be recorded in the office of the clerk of the local governmental unit as soon as practicable.
66.0715(3)(h)
(h) All special assessments and instalments of special assessments which are returned to the county as delinquent by any municipal treasurer under this section shall be accepted by the county in accordance with this section and shall be set forth in a separate column of the delinquent return.
66.0715 History
History: 1999 a. 150 ss.
204,
205,
514,
537.
66.0717
66.0717
Lien of special assessment. A special assessment levied under any authority is a lien on the property against which it is levied on behalf of the municipality levying the assessment or the owner of any certificate, bond or other document issued by the municipality, evidencing ownership of any interest in the special assessment, from the date of the levy, to the same extent as a lien for a tax levied upon real property.
66.0717 History
History: 1987 a. 378;
1999 a. 150 s.
536; Stats. 1999 s. 66.0717.
66.0719
66.0719
Disposition of special assessment proceeds where improvement paid for out of general fund or municipal obligations. 66.0719(2)
(2) If a special assessment is levied for any public improvement, any amount collected on that special assessment or received from the county shall be deposited in the general fund of the local governmental unit if the payment for the improvement was made out of its general fund, deposited in the funds and accounts of a public utility established under
s. 66.0621 (2) (c) [
s. 66.0621 (4) (c)] if the improvement was paid out of the proceeds of revenue obligations of the local governmental unit or deposited in the debt service fund required for the payment of bonds or notes issued under
ch. 67 if the improvement was paid out of the proceeds of the bonds or notes. That special assessment, when delinquent, shall be returned in trust for collection and the local governmental unit has the same rights as provided in
s. 66.0713 (3) (c) [
s. 67.16 (2) (c)].
66.0719 Note
NOTE: The correct cross-reference is shown in brackets. Corrective legislation is pending.
66.0719 History
History: 1999 a. 150 ss.
206,
520,
521.
66.0721
66.0721
Special assessments on certain farmland for construction of sewerage or water system. 66.0721(1)(a)
(a) "Agricultural use" has the meaning given in
s. 91.01 (1) and includes any additional agricultural uses of land, as determined by the town sanitary district or town.
66.0721(1)(b)
(b) "Eligible farmland" means a parcel of 35 or more acres of contiguous land which is devoted exclusively to agricultural use which during the year preceding the year in which the land is subject to a special assessment under this section produced gross farm profits, as defined in
s. 71.58 (4), of not less than $6,000 or which, during the 3 years preceding the year in which the land is subject to a special assessment under this section, produced gross farm profits, as defined in
s. 71.58 (4), of not less than $18,000.
66.0721(2)
(2) Except as provided in
sub. (3), no town sanitary district or town may levy any special assessment on eligible farmland for the construction of a sewerage or water system.
66.0721(3)(a)(a) If any eligible farmland contains a structure that is connected to a sanitary sewer or public water system at the time, or after the time, that a town sanitary district or town first levies a special assessment for the construction of a sewerage or water system in the service area in which the eligible farmland is located, the town sanitary district or town may levy a special assessment for the construction of a sewerage or water system on the eligible farmland that includes that structure. If that connection is made after the first assessment, the town sanitary district or town may also charge interest, from the date that the connection is made, on the special assessment at an annual rate that does not exceed the average interest rate paid by the district or town on its obligations between the time the district or town first levies a special assessment for the construction of a sewerage or water system in the service area in which the eligible farmland is located and the time it levies the special assessment on that eligible farmland. That assessment may not exceed the equivalent of an assessment for that purpose on a square acre or, if the governing body of a town sanitary district or town so specifies by ordinance, the maximum size of any lot that is in that service area and that is not devoted exclusively to agricultural use.
66.0721(3)(b)
(b) If after an initial special assessment for the construction of a sewerage or water system is levied in a service area any eligible farmland subject to
par. (a) or exempted from a special assessment under
sub. (2) is divided into 2 or more parcels at least one of which is not devoted exclusively to agricultural use, the town sanitary district or town may levy on each parcel on which it has either levied a special assessment under
par. (a) or has not levied a special assessment for the construction of a sewerage or water system a special assessment for that purpose that does not exceed the amount of the special assessment for that purpose that would have been levied on the parcel if the parcel had not been exempt under
sub. (2) or that has already been levied under
par. (a). The special assessment shall be apportioned among the parcels resulting from the division in proportion to their area. The town sanitary district or town may also charge interest, from the date the eligible farmland is divided into 2 or more parcels at least one of which is not devoted exclusively to agricultural use, on the special assessment at an annual rate that does not exceed the average interest rate paid by the district or town on its obligations between the time the district or town first levies a special assessment for the construction of a sewerage or water system in the service area in which the eligible farmland is located and the time it levies the special assessment on that eligible farmland under this paragraph. This paragraph does not apply to any eligible farmland unless the town sanitary district or town records a lien on that eligible farmland in the office of the register of deeds within 90 days after it first levies a special assessment for the construction of a sewerage or water system for the service area in which the eligible farmland is located, describing either the applicability of
par. (a) or the exemption under
sub. (2) and the potential for a special assessment under this paragraph.
66.0721(3)(c)
(c) If, after a town sanitary district or town first levies a special assessment for the construction of a sewerage or water system in a service area, the eligible farmland in that service area exempted from the special assessment under
sub. (2) is not devoted exclusively to agricultural use for a period of one year or more, the town sanitary district or town may levy on that eligible farmland the special assessment for the construction of a sewerage or water system that it would have levied if the eligible farmland had not been exempt under
sub. (2). The town sanitary district or town may also charge interest, from the date the eligible farmland has not been devoted exclusively to agricultural use for a period of at least one year, on the special assessment at an annual rate that does not exceed the average interest rate paid by the district or town on its obligations between the time the district or town first levies a special assessment for the construction of a sewerage or water system in the service area in which the eligible farmland is located and the time it levies the special assessment on that eligible farmland. This paragraph does not apply to any land unless the town or special purpose district records a lien on that eligible farmland in the office of the register of deeds within 90 days after it first levies a special assessment for the construction of a sewerage or water system in the service area in which the eligible farmland is located, describing the exemption under
sub. (2) and the potential for a special assessment under this paragraph.
66.0721 History
History: 1999 a. 150 ss.
208,
530; Stats. 1999 s. 66.0721.
66.0723
66.0723
Utilities, special assessments. 66.0723(1)
(1) If a city, village or town constructs, extends or acquires by gift, purchase or otherwise a distribution system or a production or generating plant for the furnishing of light, heat or power to any municipality or its inhabitants, the city, village or town may assess all or some of the cost to the property benefited, whether abutting or not, in the same manner as is provided for the assessment of benefits under
s. 66.0703.
66.0723(2)
(2) Special assessments under this section may be made payable and certificates or bonds issued under
s. 66.0713. In a city, village or town where no official paper is published, notice may be given by posting the notice in 3 public places in the city, village or town.
66.0723 History
History: 1993 a. 246;
1999 a. 150 s.
233; Stats. 1999 s. 66.0723.
66.0725
66.0725
Assessment of condemnation benefits. 66.0725(1)(1) As a complete alternative to any other method provided by law, for the purpose of payment of the expenses, including the excess of damages and all other expenses and costs, incurred for the taking of private property for the purpose set forth in
ss. 32.02 (1),
61.34 (3) and
62.22, the governing body of a town, city or village may, by resolution, levy and assess the whole or any part of the expenses, as a special assessment upon the property that the governing body determines is specially benefited by the taking. The governing body shall include in the levy the whole or any part of the excess of benefits over total damages, if any, and make a list of every lot or parcel of land assessed, the name of the owner, if known, and the amount levied on the property.
66.0725(2)
(2) The resolution under
sub. (1) shall be published as a class 2 notice, under
ch. 985, with a notice that at the time and place stated the governing body will meet and hear objections to the assessment. If the resolution levies an assessment against property outside the corporate limits, notice shall be given by mailing a copy of the resolution and the notice by registered mail to the last-known address of the owner of the property. A copy of the resolution shall be filed with the clerk of the town in which the property is located.
66.0725(3)
(3) At the time fixed the governing body shall meet and hear objections, and for that purpose may adjourn to a date set by the governing body, until the hearing is completed, and shall by resolution confirm or modify the assessment in whole or in part. At any time before the first day of the next November any party liable may pay the assessment to the town, city or village treasurer. On November 1, if the assessment remains unpaid, the treasurer shall make a certified statement showing what assessments under this section remain unpaid, and file the statement with the clerk, who shall place the unpaid assessments on the tax roll for collection.
