LRB-3663/1
MES:cjs:pg
2003 - 2004 LEGISLATURE
December 10, 2003 - Introduced by Senator A. Lasee, cosponsored by
Representatives Musser, Owens, Seratti, Bies, Ainsworth and M. Lehman.
Referred to Committee on Homeland Security, Veterans and Military Affairs
and Government Reform.
SB341,1,2
1An Act to create 66.0222 of the statutes;
relating to: requiring cities and
2villages to make payments to towns from which land is annexed.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Currently, town territory that is contiguous to any city or village may be
annexed to that city or village under several methods. Three of the methods of
annexation include the following: 1) direct annexation, under which a petition for
annexation that was signed by the required number of electors and landowners is
filed with the city or village clerk; 2) annexation by referendum, under which a
petition for referendum that was signed by the required number of electors and
landowners is filed with the city or village clerk, and a referendum is held and passes
in the town; and 3) annexation by court order and referendum, under which the
governing body of a city or village adopts a resolution declaring its intention to apply
to the circuit court for an order for an annexation referendum. If the city or village
submits the resolution and the proper supporting documents and if no petition of
protest is filed with the court or if the petition of protest is found by the court to be
insufficient, the court shall order the referendum to be held. If the referendum
passes in the town, the annexation occurs.
Another method of annexation is direct annexation by unanimous approval.
Under this method, the governing body of the city or village may, generally, annex
property by a two-thirds vote of the body if all of the following are filed with the city
or village clerk and with the town clerk of all of the involved towns: 1) a petition for
direct annexation by unanimous approval signed by all of the electors residing in the
territory and signed by the owners of all the real property in the involved towns; 2)
a scale map; and 3) a legal description of the property to be annexed. Such an
annexation, however, is subject to Department of Administration review as if the
annexation petition were for direct, but not unanimous, annexation or annexation
by referendum.
Under this bill, if a city or village annexes town territory, the city or village must
pay to the town, for five years, an amount equal to the amount of property taxes that
the town imposed on that territory in the year in which the annexation is final.
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be
printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
SB341, s. 1
1Section
1. 66.0222 of the statutes is created to read:
SB341,2,6
266.0222 Payments to towns for annexed territory. If a city or village
3annexes town territory under s. 66.0217, 66.0219, or 66.0221, the city or village shall
4annually pay to the town, for 5 years, an amount equal to the amount of property
5taxes that the town levied on the annexed territory, as shown by the tax roll under
6s. 70.65, in the year in which the annexation is final.
SB341,2,98
(1) This act first applies to an annexation proceeding that is initiated on the
9effective date of this subsection.
