66.1106(3)(e)(e) The joint review board shall meet annually on July 1, or when an annual report under sub. (10) (a) becomes available, to review annual reports under sub. (10m) and to review the performance and status of each district governed by the board. 66.1106(4)(4) Certification. Upon written application to the department of revenue by the clerk of a political subdivision on or before December 31 of the same calendar year for an environmental remediation tax incremental district created before October, as determined under sub. (1m) (b), or December 31 of the subsequent calendar year for an environmental remediation tax incremental district created after September 30, the department of revenue shall certify to the clerk of the political subdivision the environmental remediation tax incremental base if all of the following apply: 66.1106(4)(a)(a) The political subdivision submits a statement that it has incurred some eligible costs, and includes with the statement a detailed proposed remedial action plan approved by the department of natural resources that contains cost estimates for anticipated eligible costs and a schedule for the design, implementation and construction that is needed to complete the remediation, with respect to the parcel or contiguous parcels of property and the statement details the purpose and amount of the expenditures already made and includes a dated certificate issued by the department of natural resources that certifies that the department of natural resources has approved the site investigation report that relates to the parcel or contiguous parcels in accordance with rules promulgated by the department of natural resources. 66.1106(4)(b)(b) The political subdivision submits a statement that all taxing jurisdictions with the authority to levy general property taxes on the parcel or contiguous parcels of property have been notified that the political subdivision intends to recover the costs of remediating environmental pollution on the property and have been provided a statement of the estimated costs to be recovered. 66.1106(4)(c)(c) The political subdivision submits a statement, signed by its chief executive officer, that the political subdivision has attempted to recover the cost of remediating environmental pollution on the property from the person who caused the environmental pollution. 66.1106(4)(d)(d) The political subdivision completes and submits all forms required by the department that relate to the determination of the environmental remediation tax incremental base. 66.1106(4)(e)(e) Upon receiving a written application from the clerk of a political subdivision, in a form prescribed by the department of revenue, the department shall recalculate the base value of a tax incremental district affected by 2023 Wisconsin Act 12 to remove the value of the personal property. A request received under this paragraph no later than October 31 is effective in the year following the year in which the request is made. A request received after October 31 is effective in the 2nd year following the year in which the request is made. 66.1106(5)(5) Designation on assessment and tax rolls. The assessor of a taxation district shall identify on the assessment roll returned and examined under s. 70.45 those parcels of property that have been certified under sub. (4) during the period of certification. The clerk of a taxation district shall make a similar notation on the tax roll under s. 70.65. 66.1106(6)(6) Notice to taxing jurisdictions. During the period of certification, the department shall annually give notice to the designated finance officer of all taxing jurisdictions having the power to levy general taxes on property that is certified under sub. (4) of the equalized value of that property and the environmental remediation tax incremental base of that property. The notice shall explain that the environmental remediation tax increment shall be paid to the political subdivision as provided under sub. (8) from the taxes collected. 66.1106(7)(7) Environmental remediation tax increments authorized. 66.1106(7)(a)(a) Subject to pars. (am), (b), (c), (d), and (e), the department shall annually authorize the positive environmental remediation tax increment with respect to a parcel or contiguous parcels of property during the period of certification to the political subdivision that incurred the costs to remediate environmental pollution on the property, except that an authorization granted under this paragraph does not apply after the department receives the notice described under sub. (10) (b). 66.1106(7)(am)(am) With regard to each district for which the department authorizes the allocation of a tax increment under par. (a), the department shall charge the political subdivision that created the district an annual administrative fee of $150 that the political subdivision shall pay to the department no later than April 15. If the political subdivision does not pay the fee that is required under this paragraph, by April 15, the department may not authorize the allocation of a tax increment under par. (a) for that political subdivision. 66.1106(7)(b)(b) The department may authorize a positive environmental remediation tax increment under par. (a) only if the political subdivision submits to the department all information required by the department on or before the 2nd Monday in June of the year to which the authorization relates. 66.1106(7)(c)(c) If the department receives the notice described under sub. (10) (b) during the period from January 1 to April 15, the effective date of the notice is the date on which the notice is received. If the department receives the notice described under sub. (10) (b) during the period from April 16 to December 31, the effective date of the notice is the first January 1 after the date on which the notice is received. 66.1106(7)(d)1.1. The department may not authorize a positive environmental remediation tax increment under par. (a) to pay otherwise eligible costs that are incurred by the political subdivision after the department of natural resources certifies to the department of revenue that environmental pollution on the parcel or contiguous parcels of property has been remediated unless the costs are associated with activities, as determined by the department of natural resources, that are necessary to close the site described in the site investigation report. 66.1106(7)(d)2.2. The department of natural resources shall certify to the department of revenue the completion of the remediation of environmental pollution at the site described in the site investigation report. 66.1106(7)(e)(e) Notwithstanding par. (d), if the governing body of a political subdivision adopts a resolution described in sub. (2) (c), it shall provide a copy of the resolution to the department. The department shall authorize a positive environmental remediation tax increment generated by a donor district, as described in sub. (2) (c), to the political subdivision that incurred eligible costs to remediate environmental pollution in another district within that political subdivision or that incurred project costs, as defined in s. 66.1105 (2) (f), for a tax incremental district within that political subdivision that was created under s. 66.1105 and that satisfies one of the requirements under s. 66.1105 (6) (f) 2., as described in sub. (2) (c), until the earlier of the following occurs: 66.1106(7)(e)1.1. The political subdivision has received aggregate tax increments with respect to the recipient district in an amount equal to the aggregate of all of the eligible costs or project costs for that district. 66.1106(8)(8) Settlement for environmental remediation tax increments. Every officer charged by law to collect and settle general property taxes shall, on the settlement dates provided by law, pay to the treasurer of a political subdivision from all general property taxes collected by the officer the proportion of the environmental remediation tax increment due the political subdivision that the general property taxes collected bears to the total general property taxes levied, exclusive of levies for state trust fund loans, state taxes and state special charges. 66.1106(9)(9) Separate accounting required. An environmental remediation tax increment received with respect to a parcel or contiguous parcels of land that is subject to this section shall be deposited in a separate fund by the treasurer of the political subdivision. No money may be paid out of the fund except to pay eligible costs for a parcel or contiguous parcels of land or to reimburse the political subdivision for such costs. If an environmental remediation tax increment that has been collected with respect to a parcel of land remains in the fund after the period of certification has expired, it shall be paid to the treasurers of the taxing jurisdictions in which the parcel is located in proportion to the relative share of those taxing jurisdictions in the most recent levy of general property taxes on the parcel. 66.1106(10)(10) Reporting requirements; notice of district termination. A political subdivision that uses an environmental remediation tax increment to pay eligible costs of remediating environmental pollution under this section shall do all of the following: 66.1106(10)(a)(a) Prepare and make available to the public updated annual reports describing the status of all projects to remediate environmental pollution funded under this section, including revenues and expenditures. A copy of the report shall be filed with all taxing jurisdictions with authority to levy general property taxes on the parcel or contiguous parcels of property and the department of revenue by July 1 annually. The copy of the report filed with the department of revenue shall be in electronic format. The annual report shall contain at least all of the following information: 66.1106(10)(a)2.2. The classification of the tax incremental district as an environmental remediation tax incremental district and the scope of the project. 66.1106(10)(a)3.3. The name of any developer who is named in a developer’s agreement with the town or who receives any financial assistance from tax increments allocated for the tax incremental district. 66.1106(10)(a)4.4. The date that the town expects the tax incremental district to terminate under sub. (11). 66.1106(10)(a)5.5. The amount of tax increments to be deposited into a special fund for that district under sub. (9). 66.1106(10)(a)6.6. An analysis of the special fund under sub. (9) for the district. The analysis shall include all of the following: 66.1106(10)(a)6.b.b. All amounts deposited in the special fund by source, including all amounts received from another tax incremental district. 66.1106(10)(a)6.c.c. An itemized list of all expenditures from the special fund by category of permissible project costs. 66.1106(10)(a)6.d.d. The balance in the special fund at the end of the fiscal year, including a breakdown of the balance by source and a breakdown of the balance identifying any portion of the balance that is required, pledged, earmarked, or otherwise designated for payment of, or securing of, obligations and anticipated project costs. Any portion of the ending balance that has not been previously identified and is not identified in the current analysis as being required, pledged, earmarked, or otherwise designated for payment of, or securing of, obligations or anticipated project costs shall be designated as surplus. 66.1106(10)(a)7.7. The contact information of a person designated by the political subdivision to respond to questions or concerns regarding the annual report. 66.1106 Cross-referenceCross-reference: See also s. Tax 12.60, Wis. adm. code. 66.1106(10)(b)(b) Notify the department within 10 days after the period of certification for a parcel or contiguous parcels of property has expired. 66.1106(10)(c)(c) With regard to an environmental remediation tax incremental district, not later than 12 months after the last expenditure is made or not later than 12 months after an expenditure may be made under sub. (2) (b), whichever comes first, prepare and make available to the public a report that is similar to the report required under par. (a), except that the report required under this paragraph shall also include an independent certified audit of the project to determine if all financial transactions were made in a legal manner and to determine if the environmental remediation tax incremental district complied with this section. A copy of the report shall be sent out to all taxing jurisdictions which received the reports under par. (a). 66.1106(10)(d)(d) Not later than 180 days after an environmental remediation tax incremental district terminates under sub. (11), provide the department with all of the following on a form that is prescribed by the department: 66.1106(10)(d)1.1. A final accounting of project expenditures that are made for the environmental remediation tax incremental district. 66.1106(10)(d)2.2. The final amount of eligible costs that have been paid for the environmental remediation tax incremental district. 66.1106(10)(d)3.3. The total amount of environmental remediation tax increments that have been paid to the political subdivision. 66.1106(10)(e)(e) If a political subdivision does not send to the department of revenue the form specified in par. (d) within the time limit specified in par. (d), the department may not certify the environmental remediation tax incremental base of a district under sub. (4) until the form is sent to the department. 66.1106(10m)(am)(am) The department of revenue shall, by rule, designate a format for annual reports under sub. (10) (a) and shall require these reports to be filed electronically. 66.1106(10m)(b)(b) The department of revenue shall post annual reports on its official Internet site no later than 45 days after the department receives the report from the political subdivision. The department shall also post a list of political subdivisions that have not submitted an annual report to the department. 66.1106(10m)(d)(d) If an annual report is not timely filed under sub. (10) (a), the department of revenue shall notify the political subdivision that the annual report is past due. If the political subdivision does not file the report within 60 days of the date on the notice, the department shall charge the political subdivision a fee of $100 per day for each day that the report is past due, up to a maximum penalty of $6,000 per report. If the political subdivision does not pay within 30 days of issuance, the department of revenue shall reduce and withhold the amount of the shared revenue payments to the political subdivision under subch. I of ch. 79, in the following year, by an amount equal to the unpaid penalty. 66.1106(11)(11) Termination of environmental remediation tax incremental districts. An environmental remediation tax incremental district terminates when the earliest of the following occurs: 66.1106(11)(a)(a) Except as provided in sub. (2) (c), the political subdivision has received aggregate environmental remediation tax increments with respect to the district in an amount equal to the aggregate of all eligible costs. 66.1106(11)(b)(b) Twenty-three years after the department certifies the environmental remediation tax incremental base of a parcel or contiguous parcels of property under sub. (4). 66.1106(11)(c)(c) The political subdivision’s legislative body, by resolution, dissolves the district. Upon dissolving the district, the political subdivision becomes liable for all unpaid eligible costs actually incurred which are not paid from the separate fund under sub. (9). 66.1106(12)(a)(a) A political subdivision that creates an environmental remediation tax incremental district under this section shall give the department written notice within 10 days of the termination of the environmental remediation tax incremental district under sub. (11). 66.1106(12)(b)(b) If the department receives a notice under par. (a) during the period from January 1 to May 15, the effective date of the notice is the date the notice is received. If the notice is received during the period from May 16 to December 31, the effective date of the notice is the first January 1 after the department receives the notice. 66.1106(13)(13) Payment of eligible costs for annexed territory, redetermination of tax incremental base; fees. 66.1106(13)(a)(a) If a city or village annexes territory from a town and if the town is using an environmental remediation tax increment to remediate environmental pollution on all or part of the territory that is annexed, the city or village shall pay to the town that portion of the eligible costs that are attributable to the annexed territory. The city or village, and the town, shall negotiate an agreement on the amount that must be paid under this subsection. The department shall redetermine the environmental remediation tax incremental base of any parcel of real property for which the environmental remediation tax incremental base was determined under sub. (4) if part of that parcel is annexed under this subsection. 66.1106(13)(b)(b) The department may impose a fee of $1,000 on a political subdivision to determine or redetermine the environmental remediation tax incremental base of an environmental remediation tax incremental district under this subsection or sub. (4). 66.1106(15)(15) Sunset. No district may be created under this section on or after November 29, 2017. 66.110766.1107 Reinvestment neighborhoods. 66.1107(1)(a)(a) An “area in need of rehabilitation” is a neighborhood or area in which buildings, by reason of age, obsolescence, inadequate or outmoded design, or physical deterioration have become economic or social liabilities, or both; in which these conditions impair the economic value of the neighborhood or area, infecting it with economic blight, and which is characterized by depreciated values, impaired investments, and reduced capacity to pay taxes; in which the existence of these conditions and the failure to rehabilitate the buildings results in a loss of population from the neighborhood or area and further deterioration, accompanied by added costs for creation of new public facilities and services elsewhere; in which it is difficult and uneconomic for individual owners independently to undertake to remedy the conditions; in which it is necessary to create, with proper safeguards, inducements and opportunities for the employment of private investment and equity capital in the rehabilitation of the buildings; and in which the presence of these buildings and conditions has resulted, among other consequences, in a severe shortage of financial resources available to finance the purchase and rehabilitation of housing and an inability or unwillingness on the part of private lenders to make loans for and an inability or unwillingness on the part of present and prospective owners of housing to invest in the purchase and rehabilitation of housing in the neighborhood or area. 66.1107(1)(b)(b) “Local legislative body” means the common council, village board of trustees or town board of supervisors. 66.1107(1)(d)(d) “Planning commission” means a plan commission created under s. 62.23 or a plan committee of the local legislative body. 66.1107(1)(e)(e) “Reinvestment neighborhood or area” means a geographic area within any municipality not less than one-half of which, by area, meets 3 of the 5 following conditions: 66.1107(1)(e)2.2. It has a rate of owner-occupancy of residential buildings substantially below the average rate for the municipality as a whole. 66.1107(1)(e)3.3. It is an area within which the market value of residential property, as measured by the rate of change during the preceding 5 years in the average sale price of residential property, has decreased or has increased at a rate substantially less than the rate of increase in average sale price of residential property in the municipality as a whole. 66.1107(1)(e)4.4. It is an area within which the number of persons residing has decreased during the past 5 years, or in which the number of persons residing has increased during that period at a rate substantially less than the rate of population increase in the municipality as a whole. 66.1107(1)(e)5.5. It is an area within which the effect of existing detrimental conditions is to discourage private lenders from making loans for and present or prospective property owners from investing in the purchase and rehabilitation of housing. 66.1107(2)(2) Designation of reinvestment neighborhoods or areas. A municipality may designate reinvestment neighborhoods or areas after complying with the following steps: 66.1107(2)(a)(a) Holding of a public hearing by the planning commission or by the local governing body at which interested parties are afforded a reasonable opportunity to express their views on the proposed designation and boundaries of a reinvestment neighborhood or area. Notice of the hearing shall be published as a class 2 notice, under ch. 985. Before publication, a copy of the notice shall be sent by 1st class mail to the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority, and a copy shall be posted in each school building and in at least 3 other places of public assembly within the reinvestment neighborhood or area proposed to be designated. 66.1107(2)(b)(b) Designation by the planning commission of the boundaries of a reinvestment neighborhood or area recommended by it to be designated and submission of the recommendation to the local legislative body. 66.1107(2)(c)(c) Adoption by the local legislative body of a resolution which: 66.1107(2)(c)1.1. Describes the boundaries of a reinvestment neighborhood or area with sufficient definiteness to identify with ordinary and reasonable certainty the territory included in the neighborhood or area. The boundaries may, but need not, be the same as those recommended by the planning commission. 66.1107(2)(c)2.2. Designates the reinvestment neighborhood or area as of a date provided in the resolution. 66.1107(2)(c)3.3. Contains findings that the area to be designated constitutes a reinvestment neighborhood or area. 66.1107 HistoryHistory: 1977 c. 418; 1979 c. 361 s. 112; 1985 a. 29 s. 3200 (14); 1999 a. 150 s. 479; Stats. 1999 s. 66.1107; 2001 a. 104. 66.110866.1108 Limitation on weekend work. 66.1108(1)(a)(a) “Construction project” means a project involving the erection, construction, repair, remodeling, or demolition, including any alteration, painting, decorating, or grading, of a private facility, including land, a building, or other infrastructure that is directly related to onsite work of a residential or commercial real estate development project. 66.1108(1)(b)(b) “Political subdivision” means a city, village, town, or county. 66.1108(2)(2) Construction projects; weekend work. 66.1108(2)(a)(a) A political subdivision may not prohibit a private person from working on the job site of a construction project on a Saturday. A political subdivision may not impose conditions that apply to a private person who works on a construction project on a Saturday that are inapplicable to, or more restrictive than the conditions that apply to, such a person who works on a construction project during weekdays. 66.1108(2)(b)(b) If a political subdivision has enacted an ordinance or adopted a resolution before April 5, 2018, that is inconsistent with par. (a), that portion of the ordinance or resolution does not apply and may not be enforced. 66.1108 HistoryHistory: 2017 a. 243. 66.110966.1109 Business improvement districts.
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