Wisconsin Legislature: 1997 Wisconsin Act 137

Date of enactment: April 20, 1998
1997 Assembly Bill 223 Date of publication*: May 4, 1998

* Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes 1995-96: Effective date of acts. “Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor's partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication as designated" by the secretary of state [the date of publication may not be more than 10 working days after the date of enactment].

1997 WISCONSIN ACT 137

An Act to amend 71.59 (1) (b) 3. of the statutes; relating to: eligibility and certification to receive the farmland preservation credit.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

137,1 Section 1 . 71.59 (1) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

71.59 (1) (b) 3. A copy of the farmland preservation agreement or a certificate of the appropriate zoning authority, except that, if the claimant has obtained a certificate of the appropriate zoning authority to file a claim for a previous year and the claimant determines that the conditions described under par. (d) that caused the authority to issue the previous certificate have not changed and are still applicable, the claimant may certify that such conditions have not changed and still apply and such a claimant is not required to submit a certificate of the zoning authority unless the department, in writing, requires the claimant to submit a certificate because the department determines that it needs a certificate to process the claim.

137,2 Section 2 . Initial applicability.

(1) This act first applies to taxable years beginning on January 1 of the year following the year in which this subsection takes effect.