AB75-SSA1,1107,5 2. A copy of the county's findings.

AB75-SSA1,1107,9 (4) Department action on application. (a) The department may prepare a farmland preservation agreement that complies with s. 91.62 and enter into the farmland preservation agreement under s. 91.60 (1) based on a complete application and on county findings under sub. (3) (b).

AB75-SSA1,1107,11 (b) The department may decline to enter into a farmland preservation agreement for any of the following reasons:

AB75-SSA1,1107,12 1. The application is incomplete.

AB75-SSA1,1107,13 2. The land is not eligible land under s. 91.60 (2).

AB75-SSA1,1107,16 91.66 Terminating a farmland preservation agreement. (1) The department may terminate a farmland preservation agreement or release land from a farmland preservation agreement at any time if all of the following apply:

AB75-SSA1,1107,18 (a) All of the owners of land covered by the farmland preservation agreement consent to the termination or release, in writing.

AB75-SSA1,1107,20 (b) The department finds that the termination or release will not impair or limit agricultural use of other protected farmland.

AB75-SSA1,1108,2 (c) The owners of the land pay to the department, for each acre or portion thereof released from the farmland preservation agreement, a conversion fee equal to 3 times the per acre value, for the year in which the farmland preservation agreement is terminated or the land is released, of the highest value category of tillable cropland in the city, village, or town in which the land is located, as specified by the department of revenue under s. 73.03 (2a).

AB75-SSA1,1108,4 (1m) All conversion fees received under sub. (1) (c) shall be deposited in the working lands fund.

AB75-SSA1,1108,8 (2) The department shall provide a copy of its decision to terminate a farmland preservation agreement or release land from a farmland preservation agreement to a person designated by the owners of the land and shall present a copy of the decision to the register of deeds for the county in which the land is located for recording.

AB75-SSA1,1108,10 91.68 Violations of farmland preservation agreements. (1) The department may bring an action in circuit court to do any of the following:

AB75-SSA1,1108,11 (a) Enforce a farmland preservation agreement.

AB75-SSA1,1108,13 (b) Restrain, by temporary or permanent injunction, a change in land use that violates a farmland preservation agreement.

AB75-SSA1,1108,15 (c) Seek a civil forfeiture for a change in land use that violates a farmland preservation agreement.

AB75-SSA1,1108,17 (2) A forfeiture under sub. (1) (c) may not exceed twice the fair market value of the land covered by the agreement at the time of the violation.

AB75-SSA1,1108,22 91.70 Farmland preservation agreements; exemption from special assessments. (1) Except as provided in sub. (3), no political subdivision, special purpose district, or other local governmental entity may levy a special assessment for sanitary sewers or water against land in agricultural use, if the land is covered by a farmland preservation agreement.

AB75-SSA1,1108,25 (2) A political subdivision, special purpose district or other local governmental entity may deny the use of improvements for which the special assessment is levied to land that is exempt from the assessment under sub. (1).

AB75-SSA1,1109,3 (3) The exemption under sub. (1) does not apply to an assessment that an owner voluntarily pays, after the assessing authority provides notice of the exemption under sub. (1).

AB75-SSA1,1109,5 Subchapter V Soil and water conservation

AB75-SSA1,1109,9 91.80 Soil and water conservation by persons claiming tax credits. An owner claiming farmland preservation tax credits under s. 71.613 shall comply with applicable land and water conservation standards promulgated by the department under ss. 92.05 (3) (c) and (k), 92.14 (8), and 281.16 (3) (b) and (c).

AB75-SSA1,1109,11 91.82 Compliance monitoring. (1) County responsibility. (a) A county land conservation committee shall monitor compliance with s. 91.80.

AB75-SSA1,1109,14 (b) For the purpose of par. (a), a county land conservation committee shall inspect each farm for which the owner claims farmland preservation tax credits under subch. IX of ch. 71 at least once every 4 years.

AB75-SSA1,1109,16 (c) For the purpose of par (a), a county land conservation committee may do any of the following:

AB75-SSA1,1109,18 1. Inspect land that is covered by a farmland preservation agreement or farmland preservation zoning and that is in agricultural use.

AB75-SSA1,1109,20 2. Require an owner to certify, not more than annually, that the owner complies with s. 91.80.

AB75-SSA1,1109,22 (d) At least once every 4 years, the department shall review each county land conservation committee's compliance with par. (b).

AB75-SSA1,1109,25 (2) Notice of noncompliance. (a) A county land conservation committee shall issue a written notice of noncompliance to an owner if the committee finds that the owner has done any of the following:

AB75-SSA1,1109,26 1. Failed to comply with s. 91.80.