[Signature of town clerk]
Note: Publish this notice as a class 1 notice under chapter 985, Wis. stats.
Post this notice in at least 3 public places in the Town.
Post this notice on the door of the Town hall.
(All 3 types of notice are required pursuant to
s. 70.47 (2), Wis. stats.)
STATE OF WISCONSIN
Town of ________
________ County
SECTION I – TITLE AND PURPOSE
This ordinance is entitled the Town of ________ Ordinance Relating to Confidentiality of Income and Expense Records. The purpose of this ordinance is to provide confidentiality of the records of taxpayers who provide income and expense record information to the town assessor under
s. 70.47 (7) (af), Wis. stats., and to exempt that information from being subject to the right of inspection or copying as a public record under
s. 19.35 (1), Wis. stats.
SECTION II – AUTHORITY
The Town Board of the Town of ________, ________ County, Wisconsin, has the specific authority under
s. 70.47 (7) (af), Wis. stats., to provide confidentiality to taxpayers of certain income and expense records provided to the town assessor by those taxpayers for purposes of valuation of real property in the Town of ________, owned by those taxpayers.
SECTION III – ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE
This ordinance, adopted by a majority of the town board on a roll call vote with a quorum present and voting and proper notice having been given, adopts by reference
s. 70.47 (7) (af), Wis. stats., providing for the confidentiality of information regarding income and expenses.
SECTION IV – ADOPTION BY REFERENCE AND CONFIDENTIALITY REQUIREMENT
Section 70.47 (7) (af), Wis. stats., is adopted by reference. Income and expense information provided by a property owner to the town assessor for the purpose of establishing valuation for assessment purposes by the income method of valuation shall be confidential and not a public record open to inspection or copying under
s. 19.35 (1), Wis. stats. Unless a court determines that the information is inaccurate, the information provided to the assessor is not subject to the right of inspection or copying as a public record under
s. 19.35 (1), Wis. stats.
SECTION V – EXCEPTIONS TO CONFIDENTIALITY
A town officer in the Town of ________ may make public disclosure or allow access to income and expense information provided by a property owner to the town assessor for the purpose of establishing valuation for assessment purposes by the income method of valuation in his or her possession as provided below:
A. The town assessor shall have access to the provided income and expense information in the performance of his or her duties.
B. The board of review may review the provided income and expense information when needed, in its opinion, to decide upon a contested assessment.
C. Any person or body who has the right or whose duty in his or her office is to review the provided income and expense information shall have access to the information.
D. A town officer who is complying with a court order may release the provided income and expense information in accordance with the court's order.
E. If the provided income and expense information has been determined by a court to be inaccurate, the information is open and public.
F. If the property owner has provided written approval for public disclosure or limited disclosure to that person, and the Town Board of the Town of ________ has approved the disclosure, the provided income and expense information is open and public to the extent approved.
SECTION VI – PENALTY PROVISIONS
Any person, partnership, corporation, or other legal entity that fails to comply with the provisions of this ordinance shall, upon conviction, pay a forfeiture of not less than $_____ nor more than $_____, plus the applicable surcharges, assessments, and costs for each violation. Each day a violation exists or continues constitutes a separate offense under this ordinance. In addition, the town board may seek injunctive relief from a court of record to enjoin further violations.
SECTION VII – SEVERABILITY
If any provision of this ordinance or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this ordinance that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this ordinance are severable.
SECTION VIII – EFFECTIVE DATE
This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon publication.
The town clerk shall properly post or publish this ordinance as required under
s. 60.80, Wis. stats.
Adopted this ______ day of ________, 20__.
[Signatures of town board]
Attest: [Signature of town clerk]
STATE OF WISCONSIN
Town of ________
________ County
To ________ ________:
It appearing to the board of review of the Town of ________, ________ County, Wisconsin, from the evidence before it that the assessment for the [real or personal] property described as: [insert legal description], for which you are liable to assessment, has been [set too low or has been set too high or has been omitted from the assessment roll] for the year 20__.
You are hereby notified that the board will hold a hearing at ________ on ________ ___, 20__, at ___ o'clock __.m., to [review the assessment of the or to place upon the assessment roll and assess the omitted] property, at which time and place you may be heard in relation thereto.
Dated this ______ day of ________, 20__.
[Signature of clerk of board of review]
STATE OF WISCONSIN
Town of ________
________ County
The Town Board of the Town of ________, ________ County, Wisconsin, by this resolution, adopted by a majority of the town board on a roll call vote with a quorum present and voting and proper notice having been given, resolves and orders that the town chairperson shall take action to appeal on behalf of the town to the tax appeals commission for a review and redetermination of the relative value of the taxable property in the several assessment districts of ________ County, made by the Department of Revenue under the provisions of
s. 70.57, Wis. stats.
The town clerk shall properly post or publish this resolution as required under
s. 60.80, Wis. stats.
Adopted this ______ day of ________, 20__.
[Signatures of town board]
Attest: [Signature of town clerk]
STATE OF WISCONSIN
Town of ________
________ County
The Town of ________, ________ County, Wisconsin, pursuant to a resolution adopted by the town board of the town on ________ ___, 20__, appeals to the Tax Appeals Commission from the assessment and determination of the relative value of the taxable property in the several assessment districts of ________ County, made by the Department of Revenue pursuant to
s. 70.57, Wis. stats., for the purpose of obtaining a review and redetermination of the valuation of property in [all the assessment districts of the county or the Town of ________ or the Towns of ________ and ________, in the County or Village or City of ________ in the county] as to [the real estate or the personal property or both real estate and personal property] therein upon the grounds that [state plainly and concisely the facts constituting the grievance sought to be remedied on the appeal].
Dated this ______ day of ________, 20__.
[Signature of town chairperson]
STATE OF WISCONSIN,
________ County.
________ ________, being first duly sworn, says that [he or she] is the elected and qualified chairperson of the Town of ________, ________ County, Wisconsin, and the person who made and signed the foregoing declaration of appeal, that [he or she] has read the declaration and knows the contents thereof, and that the contents of the declaration are true to [his or her] own knowledge.
[Signature]
Subscribed and sworn to before me this ____ of ________, 20__.
[Signature of notarial officer]
STATE OF WISCONSIN
Town of ________
________ County
The Town Board of the Town of ________, ________ County, Wisconsin, by this resolution, adopted by a majority of the town board on a roll call vote with a quorum present and voting and proper notice having been given, resolves and orders that the town chairperson shall, on behalf of the town, act to join in the appeal of the [town or village or city] of ________ to the tax appeals commission, dated _________ ____, 20__, for a review and redetermination of the relative value of the taxable property in the several assessment districts of ________ County, made by the Department of Revenue under the provisions of
s. 70.57, Wis. stats.
The town clerk shall properly post or publish this resolution as required under
s. 60.80, Wis. stats.
Adopted this ______ day of ________, 20__.
[Signatures of town board]
Attest: [Signature of town clerk]
STATE OF WISCONSIN
Town of ________
________ County
The undersigned, chairperson of the Town of ________, ________ County, Wisconsin, on behalf of the town, being authorized by a resolution adopted
* by the town board of the town on ________ ___, 20__, joins in the appeal of the [town or village or city] of ________ to the tax appeals commission, dated ________ ___, 20__, from the assessment and determination of the relative value of the taxable property in the several assessment districts of ________ County, made by the Department of Revenue pursuant to
s. 70.57, Wis. stats., [continue as follows if the town is asserting grounds for the appeal not included in the original], and in addition to the relief demanded in the declaration on the appeal applies, for the purpose of obtaining a further review and redetermination of the valuation, [continue as in the form given under
s. 70.64 (3), Wis. stats.].
Dated this ______ day of ________, 20__.
[Add verification.]
[Signature of town chairperson]
Notes: Four copies of appeals of any local governmental unit are required to be filed with the Tax Appeals Commission and a like copy of each mailed by certified mail to the Department of Revenue, to the county clerk, to the clerk of each town, city, and village within the county, and to any attorney authorized to appear.
[Form of Approval] I approve the within bond, both as to the form thereof and the sufficiency of the sureties.
Dated this ______ day of ________, 20__.
[Signature of town chairperson]
STATE OF WISCONSIN
Town of ________
________ County
The supervisors of the Town of ________, ________ County, Wisconsin, hereby ordain as follows:
That the treasurer of the town is exempted from giving the bond specified in
s. 70.67 (2), Wis. stats.
That the town hereby obligates itself to pay, in case the town treasurer fails so to do, all state and county taxes that the treasurer is required to pay to the county treasurer.
STATE OF WISCONSIN
Town of ________
________ County
I, ________ ________, clerk of the Town of ________, ________ County, Wisconsin, certify that the foregoing is a true, correct and complete copy of an ordinance adopted by the town board of the Town of ________ on ________ ___, 20__.
[Signature of town clerk]
STATE OF WISCONSIN
Town of ________
________ County
To ________ ________ and to ________ ________, assessor:
