AB150, s. 3295 11Section 3295. 59.512 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1163,412 59.512 (1) Except as provided in sub. (2), upon the request of the register of
13deeds, any county, by board resolution, may authorize the register of deeds to
14photograph, microfilm or record on optical disks or in electronic format records of
15deeds, mortgages or other instruments relating to real property or may authorize the
16register of deeds to record on optical disks or in electronic format instruments
17relating to security interests in accordance with the requirements of s. 16.61 (7) or
1859.145 and to store the original records within the county at a place designated by
19the board. The storage place for the original records shall be reasonably safe and
20shall provide for the preservation of the records authorized to be stored under this
21subsection. The register of deeds shall keep a photograph, microfilm or optical disk
22or electronic copy of such records in conveniently accessible files in his or her office
23and shall provide for examination of such reproduction or examination of a copy
24generated from an optical disk or electronic file in enlarged, easily readable form
25upon request. Compliance with this subsection satisfies the requirement of s. 59.51

1(1) that the register of deeds shall keep such records in his or her office. The register
2of deeds may make certified copies reproduced from an authorized photograph, from
3a copy generated from an optical disk or electronic storage or from the original
4records.
AB150, s. 3296 5Section 3296. 59.512 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1163,186 59.512 (2) The register of deeds may microfilm or record on optical disks or in
7electronic format
notices of lis pendens that are at least one year old, in accordance
8with the requirements of s. 16.61 (7) or 59.145 (2) to (4). The register of deeds shall
9keep a microfilm or optical disk or electronic copy of notices of lis pendens in
10conveniently accessible files in his or her office and shall provide for examination of
11such reproduction or examination of a copy generated from an optical disk or
12electronic storage
in enlarged, easily readable form upon request. Compliance with
13this subsection satisfies the requirement of s. 59.51 (1) that the register of deeds shall
14keep such records in his or her office. The register of deeds may make certified copies
15reproduced from a copy generated from microfilm or from an optical disk or electronic
16storage
. The register of deeds may destroy or move to off-site storage any notice of
17lis pendens that has been microfilmed or recorded on optical disk or in electronic
18format
under this subsection.
AB150, s. 3297 19Section 3297. 59.57 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1164,320 59.57 (6) For performing functions under s. 409.407 (1) and (2) (a) and (b), the
21register shall charge the fees stated in that section s. 409.407 (2) (a) or (b). A
22financing statement and an assignment or notice of assignment of the security
23interest, offered for filing at the same time, shall be considered as only one document
24for the purpose of this subsection. Whenever there is offered for filing any document
25that is not on a standard form prescribed by the secretary of state or that varies more

1than one-eighth of an inch from the approved size as prescribed by s. 59.51, the
2appropriate fee specified in ss. 409.403 to 409.406 or an additional filing fee of
3one-half the regular fee, whichever is applicable, shall be charged by the register.
AB150, s. 3298 4Section 3298. 59.57 (6) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act ....
5(this act), is repealed and recreated to read:
AB150,1164,146 59.57 (6) For performing functions under s. 409.407 (1) and (2) (a) and (b), the
7register shall charge the fees stated in s. 409.407 (2) (a) or (b). A financing statement
8and an assignment or notice of assignment of the security interest, offered for filing
9at the same time, shall be considered as only one document for the purpose of this
10subsection. Whenever there is offered for filing any document that is not on a
11standard form prescribed by the department of financial institutions or that varies
12more than one-eighth of an inch from the approved size as prescribed by s. 59.51, the
13appropriate fee specified in ss. 409.403 to 409.406 or an additional filing fee of
14one-half the regular fee, whichever is applicable, shall be charged by the register.
AB150, s. 3299 15Section 3299. 59.635 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1164,1816 59.635 (6) Every land surveyor and, every officer of the department of natural
17resources, every officer of the department of tourism and parks and the district
18attorney shall enforce this section.
AB150, s. 3300 19Section 3300. 59.90 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1165,720 59.90 (1) (a) On or before January 10 of every odd-numbered year, each city,
21village, town and county officer, and each clerk of every court of record, shall file with
22the treasurer of that person's county a written report under oath giving the names
23and the last-known addresses of all persons for whom any such officer or clerk holds
24money or security, and which has not been claimed for at least one year, and showing
25the amount of the money or the nature of the security in detail. A duplicate report

1shall also be mailed to the secretary of state department of financial institutions.
2Upon receiving the reports the treasurer shall cause to be published a class 3 notice,
3under ch. 985, on or before February 1 of the same year, which contains the names
4and last-known addresses of the owners of such unclaimed money or security, and
5shall state that unless the owners call for and prove their ownership of the money
6or security, within 6 months from the time of the completed publication, the treasurer
7will take possession or control of the money or security.
AB150, s. 3301 8Section 3301. 60.33 (9) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1165,109 60.33 (9) (a) Perform the clerk's duties under chs. 115 to 121, relating to public
10instruction
education.
AB150, s. 3302 11Section 3302. 60.71 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1165,1612 60.71 (4) (b) The town board shall publish a class 2 notice, under ch. 985, of the
13hearing. The notice shall contain an announcement of the hearing and a description
14of the boundaries of the proposed town sanitary district. The town board shall mail
15the notice to the department of industry, labor and human relations development and
16the department of natural resources at least 10 days prior to the hearing.
AB150, s. 3303 17Section 3303. 60.71 (4) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1165,2518 60.71 (4) (c) Any person may file written comments on the formation of the
19district with the town clerk. Any owner of property within the boundary of the
20proposed district may appear at the hearing and offer objections, criticisms or
21suggestions as to the necessity of the proposed district and the question of whether
22his or her property will be benefited by the establishment of the district. A
23representative of the department of industry, labor and human relations
24development and of the department of natural resources may attend the hearing and
25advise the town board.
AB150, s. 3304
1Section 3304. 61.34 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1166,142 61.34 (4) Village finances. The village board may levy and provide for the
3collection of taxes and special assessments; may refund any tax or special
4assessment paid, or any part thereof, when satisfied that the same was unjust or
5illegal; and generally may manage the village finances. The village board may loan
6money to any school district located within the village or within which the village is
7wholly or partially located in such sums as are needed by such district to meet the
8immediate expenses of operating the schools thereof, and the board of the district
9may borrow money from such village accordingly and give its note therefor. No such
10loan shall be made to extend beyond August 30 next following the making thereof or
11in an amount exceeding one-half of the estimated receipts for such district as
12certified by the state superintendent department of public instruction education and
13the local school clerk. The rate of interest on any such loan shall be determined by
14the village board.
AB150, s. 3305 15Section 3305. 62.12 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1166,2416 62.12 (9) Loans. The council may loan money to any school district located
17within the city, or within which the city is wholly or partially located, in such sums
18as are needed by such district to meet the immediate expenses of operating the
19schools thereof, and the board of the district may borrow money from such city
20accordingly and give its note therefor. No such loan shall be made to extend beyond
21August 30 next following the making thereof or in an amount exceeding one-half of
22the estimated receipts for such district as certified by the state superintendent
23department of public instruction education and the local school clerk. The rate of
24interest on any such loan shall be determined by the city council.
AB150, s. 3306 25Section 3306. 66.013 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1167,2
166.013 (2) (a) "Department" means the department of administration
2development.
AB150, s. 3307 3Section 3307. 66.02 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1167,25 466.02 Consolidation. Subject to s. 66.023 (7), any town, village or city may
5be consolidated with a contiguous town, village or city, by ordinance, passed by a
6two-thirds vote of all the members of each board or council, fixing the terms of the
7consolidation and ratified by the electors at a referendum held in each municipality.
8 The ballots shall bear the words, "for consolidation", and "against consolidation",
9and if a majority of the votes cast thereon in each municipality are for consolidation,
10the ordinances shall then be in effect and have the force of a contract. The ordinance
11and the result of the referendum shall be certified as provided in s. 66.018 (5); if a
12town the certification shall be preserved as provided in ss. 60.03 and 66.018 (5),
13respectively. Consolidation shall not affect the preexisting rights or liabilities of any
14municipality and actions thereon may be commenced or completed as though no
15consolidation had been effected. Any consolidation ordinance proposing the
16consolidation of a town and another municipality shall, within 10 days after its
17adoption and prior to its submission to the voters for ratification at a referendum, be
18submitted to the circuit court and the department of administration development for
19a determination whether such proposed consolidation is in the public interest. The
20circuit court shall determine whether the proposed ordinance meets the formal
21requirements of this section and shall then refer the matter to the department of
22administration development, which shall find as prescribed in s. 66.014 whether the
23proposed consolidation is in the public interest in accordance with the standards in
24s. 66.016. The department's findings shall have the same status as incorporation
25findings under ss. 66.014 to 66.019.
AB150, s. 3308
1Section 3308. 66.021 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1168,162 66.021 (7) (a) An ordinance for the annexation of the territory described in the
3annexation petition may be enacted by a two-thirds vote of the elected members of
4the governing body not less than 20 days after the publication of the notice of
5intention to circulate the petition and not later than 120 days after the date of filing
6with the city or village clerk of the petition for annexation or of the referendum
7election if favorable to the annexation. If the annexation is subject to sub. (11) the
8governing body shall first review the reasons given by the department of
9administration development that the proposed annexation is against the public
10interest. Subject to s. 59.971 (7), such an ordinance may temporarily designate the
11classification of the annexed area for zoning purposes until the zoning ordinance is
12amended as prescribed in s. 62.23 (7) (d). Before introduction of an ordinance
13containing such temporary classification, the proposed classification shall be
14referred to and recommended by the plan commission. The authority to make such
15temporary classification shall not be effective when the county ordinance prevails
16during litigation as provided in s. 59.97 (7).
AB150, s. 3309 17Section 3309. 66.021 (11) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1169,518 66.021 (11) (a) Annexations within populous counties. No annexation
19proceeding within a county having a population of 50,000 or more shall be valid
20unless the person causing a notice of annexation to be published under sub. (3) shall
21within 5 days of the publication mail a copy of the notice, legal description and a scale
22map of the proposed annexation to the clerk of each municipality affected and the
23department of administration development. The department may within 20 days
24after receipt of the notice mail to the clerk of the town within which the territory lies
25and to the clerk of the proposed annexing village or city a notice that in its opinion

1the annexation is against the public interest. No later than 10 days after mailing the
2notice, the department shall advise the clerk of the town in which the territory is
3located and the clerk of the village or city to which the annexation is proposed of the
4reasons the annexation is against the public interest as defined in par. (c). The
5annexing municipality shall review the advice before final action is taken.
AB150, s. 3310 6Section 3310. 66.021 (11) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1169,97 66.021 (11) (c) Definition of public interest. (intro.) For purposes of this
8subsection public interest is determined by the department of administration
9development after consideration of the following:
AB150, s. 3311 10Section 3311. 66.021 (12) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1169,2311 66.021 (12) Unanimous approval. If a petition for direct annexation signed by
12all of the electors residing in the territory and the owners of all of the real property
13in the territory is filed with the city or village clerk, and with the town clerk of the
14town or towns in which the territory is located, together with a scale map and a legal
15description of the property to be annexed, an annexation ordinance for the
16annexation of the territory may be enacted by a two-thirds vote of the elected
17members of the governing body of the city or village without compliance with the
18notice requirements of sub. (3). In such annexations, subject to sub. (11), the person
19filing the petition with the city or village clerk and the town clerk shall, within 5 days
20of the filing, mail a copy of the scale map and a legal description of the territory to
21be annexed to the department of administration development and the governing
22body shall review the advice of the department, if any, before enacting the annexation
23ordinance.
AB150, s. 3312 24Section 3312. 66.021 (15) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1170,20
166.021 (15) Annexation of town islands. Upon its own motion, a city or village
2by a two-thirds vote of the entire membership of its governing body may enact an
3ordinance annexing territory which comprises a portion of a town or towns and which
4was completely surrounded by territory of the city or village on December 2, 1973.
5The ordinance shall include all surrounded town areas except those exempt by
6mutual agreement of all of the governing bodies involved. The annexation ordinance
7shall contain a legal description of the territory and the name of the town or towns
8from which the territory is detached. Upon enactment of the ordinance, the city or
9village clerk immediately shall file 6 certified copies of the ordinance in the office of
10the secretary of state, together with 6 copies of a scale map. The secretary of state
11shall forward 2 copies of the ordinance and scale map to the department of
12transportation, one copy to the department of natural resources, one copy to the
13department of revenue and one copy to the department of administration
14development. This subsection does not apply if the town island was created only by
15the annexation of a railroad right-of-way or drainage ditch. This subsection does
16not apply to land owned by a town government which has existing town government
17buildings located thereon. No town island may be annexed under this subsection if
18the island consists of over 65 acres or contains over 100 residents. After December
192, 1973, no city or village may, by annexation, create a town area which is completely
20surrounded by the city or village.
AB150, s. 3313 21Section 3313. 66.03 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1171,922 66.03 (3) (c) When as a result of any annexation whereby a school district is left
23without a school building, any moneys are received by such school district as a result
24of the division of assets and liabilities required by s. 66.03, which are derived from
25values that were capital assets, such moneys and interest thereon shall be held in

1trust by such school district and dispensed only for procuring new capital assets or
2remitted to an operating district as the remainder of the suspended district becomes
3a part of such operating district, and shall in no case be used to meet current
4operating expenditures. This shall include any funds in the hands of any district
5officers on July 1, 1953, resulting from such action previously taken under s. 66.03.
6The boards involved shall, as part of their duties in division of assets and liabilities
7in school districts, make a written report of the allocation of assets and liabilities to
8the state superintendent department of public instruction education and any local
9superintendent of schools whose territory is involved in the division of assets.
AB150, s. 3314 10Section 3314. 66.03 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1172,1411 66.03 (5) Apportionment board. The boards or councils of the municipalities,
12or committees, thereof selected for that purpose, acting together, shall constitute an
13apportionment board. When any municipality is dissolved by reason of all of its
14territory being so transferred the board or council thereof existing at the time of such
15dissolution shall, for the purpose of this section, continue to exist as the governing
16body of such municipality until there has been an apportionment of assets by
17agreement of the interested municipalities or by an order of the circuit court. After
18an agreement for apportionment of assets has been entered into between the
19interested municipalities, or an order of the circuit court becomes final, a copy of such
20apportionment agreement, or of such order, certified to by the clerks of the interested
21municipalities, shall be filed with the department of revenue, the department of
22natural resources, the department of transportation, the state superintendent
23department of public instruction education, the department of administration, and
24with any other department or agency of the state from which the town may be
25entitled by law to receive funds or certifications or orders relating to the distribution

1or disbursement of funds, with the county treasurer, with the treasurer of any
2municipality, or with any other entity from which payment would have become due
3if such dissolved municipality from which such territory was transferred had
4continued in existence. Thereafter payments from the shared revenue account made
5pursuant to ch. 79, payments of forest crop taxes under s. 77.05, of transportation
6aids under s. 20.395, of state aids for school purposes under ch. 121, payments for
7managed forest land under subch. VI of ch. 77 and all payments due from a
8department or agency of the state, from a county, from a municipality, or from any
9other entity from which payments would have become due if such dissolved
10municipality from which such territory was transferred had continued in existence,
11shall be paid to the interested municipality as provided by such agreement for
12apportionment of assets or by any order of apportionment by the circuit court and
13such payments shall have the same force and effect as if made to the dissolved
14municipality from which such territory was transferred.
AB150, s. 3315 15Section 3315. 66.04 (2) (a) 3s. of the statutes is created to read:
AB150,1172,1716 66.04 (2) (a) 3s. Bonds issued by the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and
17Clinics Authority.
AB150, s. 3316 18Section 3316. 66.06 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1172,2219 66.06 (2) Limitation. Nothing in ss. 66.06 to 66.078 shall be construed as
20depriving the office of the commissioner of railroads, department of transportation
21or public service commission of any power conferred by ss. 195.05 and 197.01 to
22197.10 and ch. 196.
AB150, s. 3317 23Section 3317. 66.122 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1173,424 66.122 (2) Except in cases of emergency where no special inspection warrant
25shall be required, special inspection warrants shall be issued for inspection of

1personal or real properties which are not public buildings or for inspection of portions
2of public buildings which are not open to the public only upon showing that consent
3to entry for inspection purposes has been refused. The definition of "public building"
4under s. 101.01 (2) (g) (12) applies to this section.
AB150, s. 3318 5Section 3318. 66.293 (3) (i) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1173,126 66.293 (3) (i) The department of industry, labor and human relations or the
7contracting municipality may demand and examine copies of any payrolls and other
8records and information relating to the wages paid laborers, workmen or mechanics
9on work to which this subsection applies. The department may inspect records in the
10manner provided in ch. 101 chs. 103 to 106. Every contractor, subcontractor or agent
11is subject to the requirements of ch. 101 chs. 103 to 106 relating to examination of
12records.
AB150, s. 3319 13Section 3319. 66.293 (3) (k) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1173,1714 66.293 (3) (k) The provisions of s. 101.02 103.005 (5) (f), (11), (12), and (13) and
15(14)
apply to this subsection. Section 111.322 (2m) applies to discharge or other
16discriminatory acts arising in connection with any proceeding under this subsection,
17including proceedings under par. (a).
AB150, s. 3320 18Section 3320. 66.30 (6) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1174,219 66.30 (6) (g) At least 30 days prior to entering into a contract under this
20subsection or a modification or extension of the contract, the school boards of the
21districts involved or their designated agent shall file the proposed agreement with
22the state superintendent department of education to enable the state
23superintendent or state superintendent's designee
department to assist and advise
24the school boards involved in regard to the applicable recognized accounting
25procedure for the administration of the school aid programs. The state

1superintendent
department of education shall review the terms of the proposed
2contract to ensure that each participating district's interests are protected.
AB150, s. 3321 3Section 3321. 66.40 (9) (v) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1174,114 66.40 (9) (v) To establish a procedure for preservation of the records of the
5authority by the use of microfilm, another reproductive device, or optical imaging,
6or electronic formatting if authorized under s. 19.21 (4) (c). Any such procedure shall
7assure that copies of such records that are open to public inspection continue to be
8available to members of the public requesting them. A photographic reproduction
9of a record or copy of a record generated from optical disk or electronic storage is
10deemed the same as an original record for all purposes if it meets the applicable
11standards established in ss. 16.61 and 16.612.
AB150, s. 3322 12Section 3322. 66.412 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1175,6 1366.412 Urban redevelopment; transfer of land. Notwithstanding any
14requirement of law to the contrary or the absence of direct provision therefor in the
15instrument under which a fiduciary is acting, every executor, administrator, trustee,
16guardian or other person, holding trust funds or acting in a fiduciary capacity, unless
17the instrument under which such fiduciary is acting expressly forbids, the state, its
18subdivisions, cities, all other public bodies, all public officers, corporations organized
19under or subject to the provisions of the banking law, the commissioner of banking
20department of financial institutions as conservator, liquidator or rehabilitator of any
21such person, partnership or corporation, persons, partnerships and corporations
22organized under or subject to the provisions of the banking law, the commissioner of
23insurance as conservator, liquidator or rehabilitator of any such person, partnership
24or corporation, any of which owns or holds any real property within a development
25area, may grant, sell, lease or otherwise transfer any such real property to a

1redevelopment corporation, and receive and hold any cash, stocks, income
2debentures, mortgages, or other securities or obligations, secured or unsecured,
3exchanged therefor by such redevelopment corporation, and may execute such
4instruments and do such acts as may be deemed necessary or desirable by them or
5it and by the redevelopment corporation in connection with the development and the
6development plan.
AB150, s. 3323 7Section 3323. 66.416 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1175,258 66.416 (2) Certificates, bonds and notes, or part interests therein, or any part
9of an issue thereof, which are issued by a redevelopment corporation and secured by
10a first mortgage on the real property of the redevelopment corporation, or any part
11thereof, shall be securities in which all the following persons, partnerships or
12corporations and public bodies or public officers may legally invest the funds within
13their control, but the principal amount thereof shall not exceed the limits, if any,
14imposed by law for such investments by the person, partnership, corporation, public
15body or public officer making the investment: Every executor, administrator, trustee,
16guardian, committee or other person or corporation holding trust funds or acting in
17a fiduciary capacity; the state, its subdivisions, cities, all other public bodies, all
18public officers; persons, partnerships and corporations organized under or subject to
19the provisions of the banking law (including savings banks, savings and loan
20associations, trust companies, bankers and private banking corporations); the
21commissioner of banking department of financial institutions as conservator,
22liquidator or rehabilitator of any such person, partnership or corporation; persons,
23partnerships or corporations organized under or subject to chs. 600 to 646; and the
24commissioner of insurance as conservator, liquidator or rehabilitator of any such
25person, partnership or corporation.
AB150, s. 3324
1Section 3324. 66.431 (5) (a) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1176,92 66.431 (5) (a) 5. To establish a procedure for preservation of the records of the
3authority by the use of microfilm, another reproductive device, or optical imaging or
4electronic formatting
, if authorized under s. 19.21 (4) (c). Any such procedure shall
5assure that copies of such records that are open to public inspection continue to be
6available to members of the public requesting them. A photographic reproduction
7of a record or copy of a record generated from optical disk or electronic storage is
8deemed the same as an original record for all purposes if it meets the applicable
9standards established in ss. 16.61 and 16.612.
AB150, s. 3325 10Section 3325. 66.432 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1176,2111 66.432 (1) Declaration of policy. The right of all persons to have equal
12opportunities for housing regardless of their sex, race, color, physical condition,
13disability as defined in s. 101.22 106.04 (1m) (g), sexual orientation as defined in s.
14111.32 (13m), religion, national origin, marital status, family status as defined in s.
15101.22 106.04 (1m) (k), lawful source of income, age or ancestry is a matter both of
16statewide concern under s. 101.22 106.04 and also of local interest under this section
17and s. 66.433. The enactment of s. 101.22 106.04 by the legislature shall not preempt
18the subject matter of equal opportunities in housing from consideration by political
19subdivisions, and shall not exempt political subdivisions from their duty, nor deprive
20them of their right, to enact ordinances which prohibit discrimination in any type of
21housing solely on the basis of an individual being a member of a protected class.
AB150, s. 3326 22Section 3326. 66.432 (1m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1176,2423 66.432 (1m) (a) "Aggrieved person" has the meaning given in s. 101.22 106.04
24(1m) (b).
AB150, s. 3327 25Section 3327. 66.432 (1m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1177,2
166.432 (1m) (b) "Complainant" has the meaning given in s. 101.22 106.04 (1m)
2(c).
AB150, s. 3328 3Section 3328. 66.432 (1m) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1177,54 66.432 (1m) (c) "Discriminate" has the meaning given in s. 101.22 106.04 (1m)
5(h).
AB150, s. 3329 6Section 3329. 66.432 (1m) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1177,87 66.432 (1m) (d) "Member of a protected class" has the meaning given in s.
8101.22 106.04 (1m) (nm).
AB150, s. 3330 9Section 3330. 66.432 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1177,2310 66.432 (2) Antidiscrimination housing ordinances. Political subdivisions may
11enact ordinances prohibiting discrimination in housing within their respective
12boundaries solely on the basis of an individual being a member of a protected class.
13Such an ordinance may be similar to s. 101.22 106.04 (1) to (8) or may be more
14inclusive in its terms or in respect to the different types of housing subject to its
15provisions, but any such ordinance establishing a forfeiture as a penalty for violation
16shall not be for an amount that is less than the statutory forfeitures under s. 101.22
17106.04. Such an ordinance may permit a complainant, aggrieved person or
18respondent to elect to remove the action to circuit court after a finding has been made
19that there is reasonable cause to believe that a violation of the ordinance has
20occurred. Such an ordinance may also authorize the political subdivision, at any
21time after a complaint has been filed alleging an ordinance violation, to file a
22complaint in circuit court seeking a temporary injunction or restraining order
23pending final disposition of the complaint.
AB150, s. 3331 24Section 3331. 66.46 (6) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1178,19
166.46 (6) (a) If the joint review board approves the creation of the tax
2incremental district under sub. (4m), positive tax increments with respect to a tax
3incremental district are allocated to the city which created the district for each year
4commencing after the date when a project plan is adopted under sub. (4) (g). The
5department of revenue shall not authorize allocation of tax increments until it
6determines from timely evidence submitted by the city that each of the procedures
7and documents required under sub. (4) (d) to (f) have been completed and all related
8notices given in a timely manner. The department of revenue may authorize
9allocation of tax increments for any tax incremental district only if the city clerk and
10assessor annually submit to the department all required information on or before the
112nd Monday in June. The facts supporting any document adopted or action taken
12to comply with sub. (4) (d) to (f) shall not be subject to review by the department of
13revenue under this paragraph. Thereafter, the department of revenue shall
14annually authorize allocation of the tax increment to the city that created such a
15district until the department of revenue receives a notice under sub. (8) and the
16notice has taken effect under sub. (8) (b), 27 years after the tax incremental district
17is created if the district is created before October 1, 1994,
or 23 years after the tax
18incremental district is created if the district is created after September 30, 1994,
19whichever is sooner.
AB150, s. 3332 20Section 3332. 66.46 (6) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1179,1521 66.46 (6) (c) Except for tax increments allocated under par. (d) or (e), all tax
22increments received with respect to a tax incremental district shall, upon receipt by
23the city treasurer, be deposited into a special fund for that district. The city treasurer
24may deposit additional moneys into such fund pursuant to an appropriation by the
25common council. No moneys may be paid out of such fund except to pay project costs

1with respect to that district, to reimburse the city for such payments, to pay project
2costs of a district under par. (d) or (e) or to satisfy claims of holders of bonds or notes
3issued with respect to such district. Subject to par. (d) or (e), moneys paid out of the
4fund to pay project costs with respect to a district may be paid out before or after the
5district is terminated under sub. (7). Subject to any agreement with bondholders,
6moneys in the fund may be temporarily invested in the same manner as other city
7funds if any investment earnings are applied to reduce project costs. After all project
8costs and all bonds and notes with respect to the district have been paid or the
9payment thereof provided for, subject to any agreement with bondholders, if there
10remain in the fund any moneys that are not allocated under par. (d) or (e), they shall
11be paid over to the treasurer of each county, school district or other tax levying
12municipality or to the general fund of the city in the amounts that belong to each
13respectively, having due regard for that portion of the moneys, if any, that represents
14tax increments not allocated to the city and that portion, if any, that represents
15voluntary deposits of the city into the fund.
AB150, s. 3333 16Section 3333. 66.46 (6) (d) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1179,2017 66.46 (6) (d) 2. No Except as provided in subd. 2m., no tax increments may be
18allocated under this paragraph later than 16 years after the last expenditure
19identified in the project plan of the tax incremental district, the positive tax
20increments of which are to be allocated, is made.
AB150, s. 3334 21Section 3334. 66.46 (6) (d) 2m. of the statutes is created to read:
AB150,1179,2522 66.46 (6) (d) 2m. No tax increments may be allocated under this paragraph
23later than 20 years after the last expenditure identified in the project plan of the tax
24incremental district, the positive tax increments of which are to be allocated, is made
25if the district is created before October 1, 1994.
AB150, s. 3335
1Section 3335. 66.46 (6) (e) of the statutes is created to read:
AB150,1180,72 66.46 (6) (e) 1. Before the date on which a tax incremental district terminates
3under sub. (7) (a), but not later than the date on which a tax incremental district
4terminates under sub. (7) (am), a planning commission may amend under sub. (4) (h)
5the project plan of such a tax incremental district to allocate positive tax increments
6generated by that tax incremental district to another tax incremental district
7created by that planning commission if all of the following conditions are met:
AB150,1180,108 a. The donor tax incremental district, the positive tax increments of which are
9to be allocated, and the recipient tax incremental district have the same overlying
10taxing jurisdictions.
AB150,1180,1211 b. The donor tax incremental district and the recipient tax incremental district
12have been created before October 1, 1994.
AB150,1180,1713 2. Each year, the city that created the tax incremental districts may determine
14the portion of the donor tax incremental district's positive tax increment that is in
15excess of the tax increment that is necessary to pay the donor's project costs in that
16year that shall be allocated to the recipient tax incremental district and shall inform
17the department of revenue of these amounts.
AB150,1180,2518 3. A project plan that is amended under sub. (4) (h) to authorize the allocation
19of positive tax increments under subd. 1. may authorize such an allocation for a
20period not to exceed 5 years, except that if the planning commission determines that
21the allocation may be needed for a period longer than 5 years, the planning
22commission may authorize such an allocation for up to an additional 5 years if the
23project plan is amended under sub. (4) (h) during the 4th year of the allocation. In
24no case may positive tax increments under subd. 1. be allocated from one donor tax
25incremental district for a period longer than 10 years.
AB150, s. 3336
1Section 3336. 66.46 (7) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,1181,72 66.46 (7) (a) That time when the city has received aggregate tax increments
3with respect to such district in an amount equal to the aggregate of all project costs
4under the project plan and any amendments to the project plan for such district,
5except that this paragraph does not apply to a district whose positive tax increments
6have been allocated under sub. (6) (d) or (e) until the district to which the allocation
7is made has paid off the aggregate of all of its project costs under its project plan.
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