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) (d)
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(7)(e)2. 2. The donor district terminates under sub. (11) (b) or s. 66.1105 (7).
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)1. 1. The name assigned to the district.
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.a. a. The balance in the special fund at the beginning of the fiscal year.
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-reference Cross-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.